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The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012

TIME's social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.

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Occupy Wall Street

By Allie TownsendMarch 15, 20120

#NYPD is moving in on #UnionSquare NOW. An arrest was just made. Watch live: occupywallst.org/article/union-… #OWS
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Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallSt) March 21, 2012

Followers: 154K

As we watched and read news of protests taking place in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park this year, the Occupy protesters created a news organization of their own. Twitter was already used heavily by protesters to mobilize, but more official channels sent a stronger message of unity to protesters and to the opposition.

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