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Rexedgar

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Are there other world leaders who use Twitter to communicate with their people?
 
Rexedgar said:
Are there other world leaders who use Twitter to communicate with their people?
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Perhaps more should. It shows transparency. Twitter has more traffic than the shows or on the white house website.
 
Well, lots of politicians use social media to connect with their constituents. I don't have a problem with Trump using Twitter. The problem with Trump is, he uses it to start petty Twitter beef, and that harms our country, along with disgracing the Oval Office.
 
Bucky said:
Perhaps more should. It shows transparency. Twitter has more traffic than the shows or on the white house website.
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OMFG .............. I can't believe I just read something so ****ing stupid ..................
 
Rexedgar said:
Are there other world leaders who use Twitter to communicate with their people?
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Not sure about world leaders, but many politicians use social media on a daily basis to spread information about their views on topics.
 
TheGoverness said:
Well, lots of politicians use social media to connect with their constituents. I don't have a problem with Trump using Twitter. The problem with Trump is, he uses it to start petty Twitter beef, and that harms our country, along with disgracing the Oval Office.
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twitter beef, chicken, port, who cares? It doesn't harm our country at all, it strengthens it.
 
TheGoverness said:
Well, lots of politicians use social media to connect with their constituents. I don't have a problem with Trump using Twitter. The problem with Trump is, he uses it to start petty Twitter beef, and that harms our country, along with disgracing the Oval Office.
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social media is the new form of communication. Should we adopt the old ways? Should Trump be using telegrams?
 
Rexedgar said:
Are there other world leaders who use Twitter to communicate with their people?
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Trump needs an editor. Aside from that tweeting as a way to get the original message out is a good thing rather than have to go through the MSM opinion factory first.
 
Bucky said:
social media is the new form of communication. Should we adopt the old ways? Should Trump be using telegrams?
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Not what I said. The POTUS should use social media responsibly. Which he does not.
 
Josie said:
Not sure about world leaders, but many politicians use social media on a daily basis to spread information about their views on topics.
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Mostly as a traditional communication office would, though. Normally that means the leaders themselves wouldn't do it, but a staffer. Further, the messaging is a lot more formal, crafted.

There's exceptions, of course, but you can almost instantly tell who is the exception. See: Ben Sasse (deleted account), Orin Hatch, Ted Lieu, Brian Schatz. A weird one was Senator Burr. You could tell it was him, because it's rarely used and it was terse as hell when he was responding to someone about the Senate Intel Committee Investigation.

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Twitter is not the issue. As usual, Trump is the issue.

Terrible use of Twitter:
- using Twitter to communicate things that are best done in person - firing people, announcing to your staff new policies, etc.
- using Twitter for pissing matches and bullying your own staff
- using Twitter to ramble out what you saw that morning on Fox and Friends
-etc.

Acceptable use:
- Saying Happy Easter, etc.
- following up AFTER a press release on a particular subject, with an affirmative tweet
- etc.

Trump doesn't filter himself, and that's a sign of unprofessional, lazy work. Sure I can riff too, but I respect my organization more than to ramble without preparation and planning.
****ing stream of consciousness is what children do, you teach that out of them for a reason.

Only idiots could mistake the complete lack of preparation and vetting that the president engages in, as being transparency or "voice of the people".

Mr. Luther King Jr. was a voice to the people, didn't even hold an elected position, and yet he prepared deeply for his speeches, all the way down to the philosophical bones (first principles).
The difference is night and day.
 
Mach said:
Twitter is not the issue. As usual, Trump is the issue.

- using Twitter to communicate things that are best done in person - firing people, announcing to your staff new policies, etc.
- using Twitter for pissing matches and bullying your own staff
- using Twitter to ramble out what you saw that morning on Fox and Friends
-etc.

Trump doesn't filter himself, and that's a sign of unprofessional, lazy work. Sure I can riff too, but I respect my organization more than to ramble without preparation and forthought.

Only idiots could mistake the complete lack of preparation and vetting that the president engages in, as being transparency or "voice of the people".

Mr. Luther King Jr. was a voice to the people, didn't even hold an elected position, and yet he prepared deeply for his speeches, all the way down to the philosophical bones (first principles).
The difference is night and day.
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Dam! You saw right through me.....
 
Rexedgar said:
Are there other world leaders who use Twitter to communicate with their people?
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Count your blessings and be happy it isnt 4chan or YouPorn.
 
PoS said:
Count your blessings and be happy it isnt 4chan or YouPorn.
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Michael Avanatti is respectfully suggesting you hold off on counting the current absence of YouPorn as a blessing.
 
PoS said:
Count your blessings and be happy it isnt 4chan or YouPorn.
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How does one communicate on YOUPORN? Without paying, of course, asking for a friend........
 
TheGoverness said:
No, it doesn't.
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He understands technology. A big reason why Trump won compared to Bill Clinton who sent 1 e-mail as president and Hillary who blames facebook and twitter for her loss.
 
The problem isn't Twitter.
 
Fiddytree said:
Mostly as a traditional communication office would, though. Normally that means the leaders themselves wouldn't do it, but a staffer. Further, the messaging is a lot more formal, crafted.

There's exceptions, of course, but you can almost instantly tell who is the exception. See: Ben Sasse (deleted account), Orin Hatch, Ted Lieu, Brian Schatz. A weird one was Senator Burr. You could tell it was him, because it's rarely used and it was terse as hell when he was responding to someone about the Senate Intel Committee Investigation.

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I didn't realize Ben Sasse deleted his account.
 
Josie said:
I didn't realize Ben Sasse deleted his account.
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Oops. I was mistaken. He decided to take a hiatus from the medium. The account is still present.

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