Tag: IVYBEAN

Ivy Bean, from Bradford, England, definitely wasn't your average Twitterer. She had a staggering 57,000 people following her IvyBean104 handle, and, thanks to her viral popularity, managed to work her way into meetings with British politicians and celebrities, alike. Oh, and at 104-years young, she was the world's oldest microblogger. Late Tuesday, though, Bean passed away at the care ...

If watching the constant flood of younger and younger kids to Facebook is making you feel old, then check out our cure: Add Ivy Bean to your friends list. At 102, Mrs. Bean is the oldest person with an active Facebook account, beating the previous oldest person by five full years. Bean was born back in 1905 in Bradford, England, and made it through both World Wars, the invention of the computer, ...