Sarah Palin creates new Twitter acct, ditches old one 4 no apparnt reason
Sarah Palin recently started a new Twitter account to promote her new book. But what about her old one?
As Alaska's governor, @AKGovSarahPalin sent updates regularly and built a large following.
The profile has more than 152,000 followers and has made its way onto more than 1,500 lists. The latter is perhaps more impressive because that feature didn't even exist until about three months after she stopped tweeting there.
The @AKGovSarahPalin page also has the "verified account" tag, which means Twitter Inc. authorized it as a legitimate user.
But Palin has inexplicably started from scratch. The new page, @SarahPalinUSA, quickly drummed up 14,700 followers despite not having a single update or following anyone -- not even her 2008 GOP presidential partner Sen. John McCain.
But still, there's 152,000 people on that other account. Just sitting there.
On Facebook, Palin kept her old fan page, which is nearing a million fans. She simply dropped any mention of being governor from the "current office" section. Rather than promoting Alaskan legislation, it now mentions TV appearances and, uh, her new Twitter page.
Did nobody tell Palin that she can click on "settings" in Twitter and change the name of an account?
She could have easily switched the name of @AKGovSarahPalin to @SarahPalinUSA or @SarahPalinRocks or @QTPiSarahPalin or whatever she wanted.
Then, swap out the profile picture and background image, and she's set. Bonus: She gets to keep all of her followers.
Websites like Facebook and Twitter are a book publisher's dream because they let authors and promoters connect directly with fans. But they're only valuable when the pages have a lot of people paying attention to them.
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Book jacket: HarperCollins
It makes sense to me why she created another account. This is a new life and she probably doesn't want all of those old tweets. Yes she could delete them but then she'd be accused of "covering" something up. So better to just create a new account and start building a new life.
Posted by: Jason | November 13, 2009 at 08:23 AM
Enough about Gov. Dummy, OK?
Posted by: jeff finney | November 13, 2009 at 08:49 AM
It should be called "Going Clueless". She is about as rogue as a Care Bear.
Posted by: Kelly M Bray | November 13, 2009 at 09:30 PM
4 no apparent reason? Could it be because she is no longer the "AKgov"? Sheesh. If that's not apparent I don't know what is.
Posted by: Clearly | November 14, 2009 at 07:05 AM
Sarah Palin is superwoman and it drives liberals crazy. She is a loving mother of five, wife, small business woman, runner, basketball star, hunter & fisher (she knows how to live off the land) , former governor with a 90% approval rate (she eliminated the elitist toys like the governor's jet and chef), she is beautiful inside and out, and inspires people to perform at a higher level.
She is a walking and talking icon of grace and excellence and it scares the crap out of liberals--how could they possibly live up to the standard she sets?
Posted by: Marisol de Braganca | November 14, 2009 at 07:45 AM
Palin sure is entertaining. Almost everything she does. Her book is full of fake facts and she is a ridiculous caricature of an idiot political opportunist. And people buy it! Yay!
I just hope that the dimwits that support her keep it up so we can be entertained for a while longer.
Go Sarah!
Posted by: hiker chik | November 14, 2009 at 11:04 AM
The book is listed at $28.99.
Amazon is selling it for $9.
MSNBC can get it for you at only $4.95
By the time you read this, Fox will be giving it away.
Posted by: swf | November 14, 2009 at 06:15 PM
There was a VERY clear reason why she couldn't use her old account: using her official government account for personal political gain would be a clear ethics violation.
Her old twitter account was created using state resources (state blackberry, computers, office, etc.), and to use that account for political reasons would be unethical.
It's not very hard to figure out Mr. Milian. Seriously, do some research.
Posted by: archie | November 14, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Uh, because her last one was as Governor of Alaska (AKGovSarahPalin), which was in the title and everything -- and she's not anymore. She stopped tweeting there when she stepped down from the governor's office for that reason.
Because she understands what "ethical" means.
Posted by: philmon | November 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM