Twitter ding-dong as cathedrals battle to be crowned champions on social media

St Paul’s first off the mark in bid to win support in Twitter World Cup of Cathedrals

The battle to be crowned the best cathedral in England and Wales on social media may seem an unlikely place for a gentle war of words, but social media managers at some of the most magnificent churches across the country have been waging a low-key fight over who is the best.

The first shots were fired in early October by St Paul’s Cathedral on World Architecture Day. Tagging seven other cathedrals so that they would definitely see the message, the cathedral’s official Twitter account posted a screenshot of announcements that they had been voted Britain’s favourite building in 2015, saying “just going to leave this here.”

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2h4gm9Y