President Arroyo on Twitter

Posted by New Media Philippines in Case Studies, New Media in Politics Apr 27th, 2009 | 3 responses

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).

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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 Responses to “President Arroyo on Twitter”

  1. Rob Angeles says:
    April 27, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    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 says:
    April 28, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Hey Carlo are you on Twitter?

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  3. New Media Philippines says:
    April 28, 2009 at 11:30 am

    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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