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Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 12:03 pm
by _Bazooka
By Tuesday afternoon, Elder Ballard's account — @M_RBallard — had more than 11,200 Twitter followers. In fewer than 24 hours, more than 7,200 began to follow Elder Holland at @J_R_Holland.
Speculation buzzed about other accounts found by excited Twitter users, but an LDS Church spokeswoman declined to confirm they were official. Clearly, the launch of apostle Twitter accounts is a soft one.
"Twitter accounts for other church leaders won’t be announced or promoted until they are actively being used," Jessica Moody said.
Moody did confirm, as she did Monday after Elder Ballard's tweet, that other church leaders will be using Twitter.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... atest.htmlHard to say....
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 5:17 pm
by _bcspace
Actually, it's quite easy to say.
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 6:04 pm
by _consiglieri
This has disaster written all over it.
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 6:11 pm
by _CameronMO
Bazooka wrote:By Tuesday afternoon, Elder Ballard's account — @M_RBallard — had more than 11,200 Twitter followers. In fewer than 24 hours, more than 7,200 began to follow Elder Holland at @J_R_Holland.
Speculation buzzed about other accounts found by excited Twitter users, but an LDS Church spokeswoman declined to confirm they were official. Clearly, the launch of apostle Twitter accounts is a soft one.
"Twitter accounts for other church leaders won’t be announced or promoted until they are actively being used," Jessica Moody said.
Moody did confirm, as she did Monday after Elder Ballard's tweet, that other church leaders will be using Twitter.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... atest.htmlHard to say....
I saw that the DN article was published late on May 7th. Why would the Church decline to confirm the accounts were official?
Apostles Using Twitter to Share Gospel, Communicate With the World
7 May 2014 — POSTED by Newsroom Staff
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/m ... es-twitterconsiglieri wrote:This has disaster written all over it.
I hope so!
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 6:19 pm
by _Sethbag
The Lord, tweeting through a geriatric white guy in SLC wrote:Hearken, oh you people of the Earth, and pay heed to my tweet; for I am Jehova, yea, even Alpha and Omega, the Lord Omnipotent, who died for
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:34 pm
by _Bazooka
CameronMO wrote:I saw that the DN article was published late on May 7th. Why would the Church decline to confirm the accounts were official?
Exactly, it's not a difficult, or trick, question.
They're either Church facilitated official Twitter accounts, or they're the personal Twitter accounts of the individuals concerned. That the Church PR department is hiding behind a "no comment" is utterly ridiculous, and leads one to suspect that they are official but that the Church wants breathing space to dismiss them if they turn out to be a PR disaster.
On a slightly different note, can a Church Apostle publish something in his capacity as an Apostle without it being considered official?
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:43 pm
by _Tim the Enchanter
Whether by mine own voice, or the voice of my servant's Twitter feed, it it the same.
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:43 am
by _Saw Skooh
Bazooka wrote:Exactly, it's not a difficult, or trick, question.
They're either Church facilitated official Twitter accounts, or they're the personal Twitter accounts of the individuals concerned. That the Church PR department is hiding behind a "no comment" is utterly ridiculous, and leads one to suspect that they are official but that the Church wants breathing space to dismiss them if they turn out to be a PR disaster.?
Spot on. It's the standard plausible deniability. Same reason all the new essays are unsigned.
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:19 am
by _Bazooka
M. Russell Ballard
@M_RBallard
The authorized Twitter account for Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
LDS.org
https://Twitter.com/M_RBallardJeffrey R. Holland
@J_R_Holland
The authorized Twitter account for Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
LDS.org
https://Twitter.com/J_R_Holland/with_repliesThey are official.
As are these.....
https://Twitter.com/CandaceSalima/twelv ... es/members
Re: Apostolic Twittering....official or not?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 8:13 pm
by _Tim the Enchanter
Bazooka wrote:M. Russell Ballard
@M_RBallard
The authorized Twitter account for Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
LDS.org
https://Twitter.com/M_RBallardJeffrey R. Holland
@J_R_Holland
The authorized Twitter account for Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
LDS.org
https://Twitter.com/J_R_Holland/with_repliesThey are official.
[apologist hat] Not so fast! Since when does something being "authorized" mean it is "official?" For example, apostles are "authorized" to eat only Jolly Green Giant brand green beans. This does not mean that this is the "official" brand of green beans for the church. Checkmate, apostate. [/apologist hat]