President Arroyo on Twitter

Apr 27

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Around 5 years after the fact, high level government officials are finally learning to embrace technology and new media. An officemate plurked that none other than the President of the Republic of the Philippines, President Arroyo, is now on Twitter. I’m 99% sure this isn’t the real President Arroyo, but at least it looks like she’s doing it, haha. Her PR Team is probably the one handling her social media platforms (this is usually the case).

She made a good choice with Twitter and not Plurk. If she decided to go with Plurk, the threaded conversations and replies will probably stress her out. With our President’s indirect endorsement of social media, expect all the politicians to jump on the bandwagon. Senators, Congressmen, and even local government officials will now be scrambling to make blogs, micro-blogs, facebook accounts, and what have you.

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3 comments

1. 

   Rob Angeles / April 27, 2009

   Wow! Whoever is behind the account, he/she better be prepared. Roilo Golez is also in Twitter. You should see his interesting Tweets.

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2. 

   Marissa / April 28, 2009

   Hey Carlo are you on Twitter?

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3. 

   New Media Philippines / April 28, 2009

   Yup I am! Check my sidebar. There’s a flash Twitter widget there. Just click follow and I’ll follow you back later

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