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Top tweeting politicians
Posted by: Shane Farrell share
Friday, July 27. 2012
(Photo via facebook.com)
Those clever people at Think Media Labs have put together the neat info graph pictured
above (or here) detailing the Twitter activity levels of different Lebanese politicians in June,
2012. The info graph includes numbers of tweets, followers, replies and other data, and gives
an interesting insight into how Lebanon’s politicos are engaging with the tech-savvy plebs.
Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui topped last month’s leaderboard with over 150
tweets, March 14 Secretariat member and founding member of the Democratic Renewal
Movement Antoine Haddad was placed second, while Kataeb bloc MP Nadim Gemayel took
third spot and earned the accolade of most social politician, due to his relatively high number
of replies.
The most followed politician remains former Prime Minister Saad Hariri (with over 150,000
followers), who fell from top spot in terms of the most prolific Twitter user in May to ninth
spot in June, one behind Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt.
Interestingly, while Christian, Sunni and Druze politicians (or their aids) are busy busting out
tweets, Shia politicians have not – at least yet – embraced the Twittosphere, according to the
info graph.
Oh, and if you get tired of checking out showbiz for the uglies, the (far more followed)
beautiful people’s Twitter trends in June can be seen here.
http://www.nowlebanon.com/BlogDetails.aspx?TID=2545&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twi
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