Mashable.com posts an article by Adam Ostrow, that outlines some of the Gates Foundation issues in a chart format. When asked why he was using Twitter, he said he likes and wants feedback.

The time is now to find ways to get feedback and start that conversation. One of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs is in the game. Are you? As mentioned before, you can find us at www.twitter.com/bcadgroup! We look forward to hearing your feedback Bill Gates!

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It’s been less than a week since Bill Gates joined Twitter, but the Microsoft founder has already accumulated more than 300,000 followers and used the platform to launch a new site – Gates Notes.

Today, Gates is using his new outlet to promote his second annual letter, which discusses the many philanthropic issues that he’s involved in through the Gates Foundation. This chart provides an overview:

He also talked about Twitter() and a range of other technology and world issues on Good Morning America. Asked why he joined the microblogging service, Gates said that he likes to get feedback on how his foundation — which includes much of his personal fortune plus that of Warren Buffett — is using its resources. In other words, he’s tracking your replies.

Gates also weighed in on the current situation in China, where Google() is threatening to pull out of the country if they do not relax their censorship requirements. The world’s richest man seems to side with Microsoft’s current CEO, Steve Ballmer, who called Google’s decision “irrational.” Gates’s position is that if a company wants to do business in a certain country, it needs to consider and obey that country’s laws.