MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009 AT 9:31AM
I recently posted a tweet about Indian politician Shashi Tharoor who has a Twitter account and has been regularly posting interesting updates in his life as a Minister. I love the feeling of voyeuristic intimacy that comes from reading in real time the actives of an Indian politician.
But is there a long term sustainable benefit to his tweeting or will the novelty wear off after a while? Right now he has about 3400 followers, which pales in comparison when you think of Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Spears with over 1,000,000 followers each :)
But is there a long term sustainable benefit to his tweeting or will the novelty wear off after a while? Right now he has about 3400 followers, which pales in comparison when you think of Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Spears with over 1,000,000 followers each :)
So while I am proud of Indian politicians making the effort to find innovative ways to stay in touch with the public, we need to do our part and listen to them. To bastardize a popular saying, if a politician tweets and no one is listening, have they really said anything?
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Twitter is a social networking site that is simple and easy to use. Users share short 140 character status updates with people that are following them. Similarly you can sign up and read tweets from various interesting people and organizations like CNN etc. If you haven't tried it our I encourage you to sign up at www.twitter.com
Shashi Tharoor is an author and human rights activist. He's been part of the UN, was a candidate for Secy General and most recently has been elected to the Indian Parliament as Minister of State for External Affairs. You can follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/shashitharoor
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