Charlie Sheen reached 1 million followers in one day on Twitter.
The actual figure, confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records today: It took Sheen 25 hours and 17 minutes, between March 1 and 2, to reach 1 million followers.
And how, exactly, did he do it? With help from a team of experts at Ad.ly, a small Beverly Hills start-up that focuses on celebrity endorsements via Facebook and Twitter, reports Forbes. Ad.ly secured Charlie's verified account. And then the Ad.ly team spent a couple of hours on the phone with Sheen and a friend explaining the tools of Twitter: hashtags, bit.ly, twitpic, and how to use Twitter to build an audience and keep them engaged.
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There's a certain charm in knowing that someone is doing so much to screw their life up in the public eye.... Makes us all feel better about ourselves, and THAT is why so many people are following Charlie Sheen.
