MANILA, Philippines – What can two million people have in common?
On Wednesday, January 20, the Rappler Facebook page earned two million fans.
When we launched in January 2012, reaching such a milestone seemed like an almost impossible task. Without the help of radio, television, or print, it didn’t seem like a purely online news organization like Rappler would get so far so soon.
On June 3, 2012, Rappler had only a little over 12,000 fans.
Here are some of our first posts:
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<div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/move.ph/posts/167601900007985" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/move.ph/posts/167601900007985"><p>Move.PH is now part of Rappler. LIKE our website's Facebook page! :)</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/move.ph/">Move.PH</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/move.ph/posts/167601900007985">Wednesday, December 28, 2011</a></blockquote></div></div>
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Just a few years later, you proved us wrong, and here we are.
We are now two million unique voices united by one goal – to change the world one ripple at a time.
Our goal is to make the Philippines a better place. Making that happen does not lie solely in our hands, but rests on all of us.
Let’s take it one post at a time. Thank you for moving with us! – Rappler.com