June 22, 2012 •
Highlighted Site of the Week – Politwoops
It’s time again for our Highlighted Site of the Week. This week’s site, aptly named Politwoops, displays for us the Tweets that politicians delete from their Twitter feed.
Politwoops has this motto: “Sure, we all tweet things we don’t mean to share, but now politicians have no way to hide them. Discover tweets that your politician shared and promptly deleted.”
You may think you know some of these politicians, but with the 334 pages of deleted tweets, you may find out there is a whole other side to them. Sometimes politicians can be a little silly.
Here is a deleted tweet from U.S. Sen. John McCain: “Victory – we fried the catfish office! Senate passes my amd’t w/ @JohnKerry today – full stmt: http://t.co/ko59ISL6“
I wonder if this website will make some politicians think twice before they send any messages out into the Twitterverse.
Politwoops is an interesting new site. I think I’m going to go home and read through it to find the funniest tweet I can.
Have a great weekend and we’ll see you next time!
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