Hugo Chavez's Twitter Account Be Managed 200 People

Twitter account belongs to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez became a popular success in his country. In less than two weeks since the switch in Twitter account, a political enemy of the United States (U.S.), it has a quarter of a million followers (follower).

No wonder, when Chavez was to deploy 200 assistants to help him collect and read all incoming messages from the followers. According to the BBC page, Sunday, May 9, 2010, Chavez claimed to be overwhelmed when a page to read all messages in the micro-blogging it.

Every day, an account called @ chavezcandanga it received more than 50,000 messages. Thus, formed a powerful team of 200 people, specifically to help sort out messages from the Chavez also submitted an answer when there is a message that makes him attracted to retaliate.

Chavez revealed that 18 percent of all messages that contain the hostility he had received. However, Chavez responded to these negative messages with a laugh or to reply to that message with a joke.


"I do not care," said Chavez. "This is a form of communication with the world," he continued. Chavez's account could shift the account opposition television channel, Globovision, into second place in Venezuela.

Meanwhile, opposition parties criticized the Chavez associated with his new hobby. They considered that in the last 10 days busy playing Twitter Chavez more than work as president.

Politician Juan Jose Molina says, than were tweeting, the president should have been more dedicated to solve the problems of the country.

However, for some among the poor in Venezuela, the account is very attractive because they can send the petition directly to the president without passing the bureaucracy. That's why the presidential communications team is optimistic that the number of follower @ chavezcandanga will increase to one million by the end of this month.