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https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a2258a6e4b0a02abe9157d6/amp..."Former President Barack Obama appeared to throw subtle shade at President Donald Trump for having fewer Twitter followers than himself during a forum in India on Friday.
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I actually have more than other people who use it more often, he added, prompting laughter from the audience who interpreted it as a ding against Trump. (For the record, Obama actually has 97.4 million followers. Trump has 43.8 million).
I think its important to be mindful about both the power of these tools and also its limits and to understand it can be used for both good or for ill, Obama added, during a more general discussion on technology.
Obama later issued this advice for people using social media:
Dont say the first thing that pops into your head, just have a little bit of an edit function, thats wise for life generally. You see people getting in all kinds of trouble because they sent out some tweet and then theyre trying to erase it afterwards but somebodys screenshot it and theyre getting embarrassed.
Think before you speak, think before you tweet, same principle, he added."
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Obama: "I actually have more twitter followers.... (Original Post)
Tanuki
Dec 2017
OP
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)1. The maggot's next maneuver
will be to get 60 fake accounts to follow himself.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)2. 60 million fake accounts will be started soon.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)3. "Think before you tweet" is major shade
Sadly, the object of this dig won't get it.
onethatcares
(16,168 posts)7. "think before you tweet"
especially from President Obama is going to leave a mark. A beeg steenking mark on the cheetos ego.
Bwahahahahahahahahah
Excellent. I miss President Obama
gibraltar72
(7,505 posts)5. And 0
are Russian bots!
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)6. More than double.
And, all of his followers are real people, too, and not bots.