Alex Alvarez | Mediaite
Running a professional Twitter account can be difficult enough as it is – you have to strike a balance between informing your followers, keeping them engaged, and making sure your content is original and relevant rather than so much white noise cluttering people’s Twitter feeds. But that all becomes doubly challenging when whomever is running your professional, official Twitter account has his or her own, personal account as well because, sometimes, the wires can get crossed.
That might be what happened to whomever was in charge of Tweeting for the Secret Service’s official Twitter account recently. “Had to monitor Fox for a story,” the Tweet read. “Can’t. Deal. With. The. Blathering.” Totes. Profesh.
ShortFormBlog chronicles Tumblr reaction to the offending Tweet, which was almost immediately deleted:
The account is a mere 9 days old. Growing pains, perhaps?
h/t ShortFormBlog
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