I had just finished uploading the post below wherein I expressed my desire to take a break from this blog when I discovered that a number of politicians are now following me on Twitter. I’m just not sure if these Twitter accounts are really manned by the politicians themselves or by their supporters or, God forbid, their paid hacks. In any case, I must admit I’m a little bit incensed by their presence.
This is nothing personal. I just don’t like politicians in general. I especially hate paid hacks. Wait let me qualify that. I don’t really have anything against paid hacks in general. That’s how they make a living and I can respect that. I too have been in that position before. What I have an issue with are rabid paid hacks who have the habit of pretending as though they seriously believe what their politicians are doing.
Kung trabaho lang, trabaho lang. Wag nang magkunwari pa.
Don’t be a pseudo-patriot/revolutionary.
Anyway, I found an interesting article over at gmanews.tv about politicians and their online presence. It’s a funny piece by Lynn Lopez. Here’s an excerpt:
Other politicians have also been making use of other sites as well. Loren Legarda supplements her official site with her Multiply, where people take the opportunity to praise her and invite her to events, and Roilo Golez— just call him Congress’s Youtube sensation, because he’s as Youtube sensational as any congressman could hope to get.
His channel, Go Go Golez, is updated almost every day and has over 500 videos, which mainly show him at work, whether he’s at a congressional hearing, attending a Facebook EB (eyeball, for those not in the know) against Con-Ass, making the rounds of his district, visiting neighborhood wakes, and even just walking in the rain. Sure, he has only 11 subscribers, but you have to admire his persistence.
For the rest of the article go to this link.
Going back to my discovery, I sent out a message to warn those politicians following my account. Here’s my warning to them:
betterpilipins to those concerned: i don’t think highly of politicians especially those who do not truly serve. so, follow at your own risk.
Anyway, I don’t have anything more to say about this except that I seriously hope politicians who follow other people’s Twitter accounts are not overly sensitive.
Hmmm… I guess you were right when you said that it didn’t matter if you only had a couple of visits as long as it came from influential people.
Perhaps if these people took some of your advice, they might actually do the country some good.
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Our friend @saychiz seems to be tweeting from the heart, or at least doesn’t flood twitter with links to his blog like this other senator.
I should make a twitter account for indolent as well!
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lpgd Reply:
July 12th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
i guess what i’m really pissed off about is that these politicians are now making every effort to reach out to the masses just because its election season again. i wonder who among our friendly politicians will be the first to abandon their social networking sites after the elections.
and yes you should get a twitter account. more people should know about your blog.
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