Tom surrenders, starts Twitting
A lunch talk the other day with a couple of friends (@jackshafer and @timothynoah1) persuaded me that I should drop my ban on social network junk and dive into the Twitter pool. Not quite sure how they did that. I came away thinking I was being a snob for refusing to Twit. Or maybe I ...
A lunch talk the other day with a couple of friends (@jackshafer and @timothynoah1) persuaded me that I should drop my ban on social network junk and dive into the Twitter pool. Not quite sure how they did that. I came away thinking I was being a snob for refusing to Twit. Or maybe I just ate a bad chili pepper.
A lunch talk the other day with a couple of friends (@jackshafer and @timothynoah1) persuaded me that I should drop my ban on social network junk and dive into the Twitter pool. Not quite sure how they did that. I came away thinking I was being a snob for refusing to Twit. Or maybe I just ate a bad chili pepper.
So I am now @tomricks1.
I fear I may have just jumped on a tiger. Before I finished filling out the damn profile on Friday I had 100 followers. The following morning I got suspended by Twitter, not sure what I did. Now back up and running.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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