I was followed on Da Twittah this morning by two candidates for political office. Chef Greg Sonnier is running for New Orleans City Council, and Janis Lemle is running for Assessor. Their twitter presences are an interesting study in contrasts.
Sonnier's twitter feed is one-way. He (or, more accurately, whomever is paid to maintain this feed) posts messages but does not engage or interact. If he paid money to someone to set this up, he should demand a refund--notice there's not even a link to his campaign website.
Lemle's, on the other hand, is an interactive stream. I don't know if she's replying herself or if the account is maintained by a staffer (I don't know the lady well enough to know how into the tech she is), but either way, someone is replying back. There's a link to the campaign website, as well. They need to fix the grammatical error in the bio, but otherwise, other candidates can learn from Lemle's use of social media.
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