Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you are all too aware of America's impending debt crises. With the threat of a default looming closer, our boneheaded Congressman vegetate in Washington, unable to come to any sort of agreement on raising the debt ceiling. Meanwhile, Americans have become increasingly irritated, and our president is no exception. On Friday afternoon, Obama let his frustration be known via Twitter, where he tweeted the handles of each Republican Congressman, and urged citizens to voice their opinions. Many of Obama's recent tweets contained the #compromise hashtag to emphasize cooperation across party lines.
So, did Obama's #compromise campaign serve as a catalyst for solving the problem? Not exactly. In fact, it seems it may have backfired on him. @BarackObama lost around 37,000 of his 9.4 million followers in the following 24-hour period. Sure, this is only a 0.04% loss for the big chief, but it clearly illustrates that no one is invincible in the world of social media. If people view your contributions as noise, they are simply going to "unfollow" or "unfriend" you. Simple as that. In addition, any action taken on social media opens you up to criticism from the other side. Patrick McHenry, Republican Congressman from North Carolina, tweeted this: "Looking forward to all the new followers @BarackObama sends my way today in his Twitter spam campaign." Ah, politics at its finest.
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