Correction: It turns out this account is a phony, PC World reports. However, the questions raised by this article still remain legitimate.
The White House Twitter account has been dry since the 29th minute of Barack Obama’s presidency.
Its last tweet, made at 12:29 p.m. on Jan. 20 was auto-posted via Twitterfeed and came from the White House blog:
A National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation http://tinyurl.com/9hg94y 12:29 PM Jan 20th from twitterfeed
It’s clear that someone turned off the White House’s Twitter feed. While one can understand the fear of using a service like Twitter under the Presidential Records Act of 1978, why was it okay for Bush to use Twitter, but not Obama? For a president who is supposed to have a technologically superior administration, Twitter lasted a mere 29 minutes. White House Counsel Greg Craig has been very cautious about the Obama Administration’s use of said technologies, so it would not be surprising if he had something to do with it.
Barack Obama’s personal Twitter account, @BarackObama, has seen a mere two posings since after the election, and none since he became president. This is ironic because President Obama is the most followed Twitter user, with over 242,000 followers.
Hopefully as time progresses, the Obama Administration will make more use of social technologies like Twitter.
(AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
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