Poppy Appeal calls for Twitter silence on Remembrance Day

No tweets at 11am on 11/11

Poppy Appeal calls for Twitter silence on Remberance Day

6 November 2009 14:54 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

The Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal has called for the annual 2-minute silence to extend online this year.

The organisation has asked Twitter users to observe the 2-minutes' silence on Remembrance Day by sending no tweets during this period via its Twitter account.

The tweet "2 minute silence on Twitter 11:00am GMT on 11 November #2minutesilence RT plz" has been retweeted widely, suggesting the Twitterverse is happy to get behind the idea.

The 2009 Poppy Appeal - that helps fund the Royal British Legion's charity work with servicemen and their families - currently stands at £1,266,920.

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