Obama to start regularly use his official Twitter accountJune 18, 2011 - 13:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama will start regularly tweeting from his official Twitter account. It was announced that the President’s reelection staff would be managing his social media presence and accounts on Facebook and Twitter, Mashable reports. A rep also revealed that the Commander In Chief would be penning tweets of his own and that “on Twitter, tweets from the President will be signed ‘-BO.’” The @BarackObama account has been active since 2007, when Obama was using social media in his campaign for the presidency. However, as the account began accumulating updates in 2009, we discovered that the President’s staff, not the President himself, was actually posting the tweets. In a visit to Shanghai, Obama told a group of Chinese students, “I have never used Twitter. My thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone.” In fact, the President did not himself send a tweet until the beginning of 2010, when he pushed the button in support of the @RedCross account. With Republican candidates’ early use of social media in the 2012 race, Obama’s staffers are strengthening an already robust social media program for the President’s campaign. In all likelihood, personal tweets from “-B.O.” himself will do a lot to drum up enthusiasm (not to mention retweets) from supporters. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakh Foreign Minister arrives in Armenia Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu on Monday, March 18 arrived in Armenia for a two-day trip. Aliyev touts “good chances” for normalizing ties with Armenia Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declared that there are “good chances” for normalizing relations with Armenia. Putin secures fifth term as Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. Top Armenian, Indian defense officials discuss cooperation The discussions primarily focused on enhancing cooperation in the defence sector between Armenia and India. |