{"id":641125,"date":"2013-02-04T11:42:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=214797"},"modified":"2013-02-04T11:42:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T16:42:20","slug":"state-dept-fails-to-see-the-problem-with-john-kerry-signing-his-tweets-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/641125","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. Fails to See the Problem with John Kerry Signing His Tweets \u201cJK\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know how the official Twitter accounts of top government officials and the First Family make a point to let us know when it&#8217;s really them sending out the tweet, instead of their staff? For instance, a tweet sent from Barack Obama&#8217;s twitter account is only credited to the President himself when the tweet contains his initials at the end (-bo). It&#8217;s the same with Michelle Obama (-mo) and some other White House officials. <\/p>\n<p>Well, it appears that the State Department&#8217;s official Twitter account is going to use the same protocol with new Secretary of State John Kerry. All tweets from the Secretary will be signed as such:<\/p>\n<p>-JK<\/p>\n<p>Yep, JK. 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Tweets from him will have his initials -JK <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"timestamp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?in_reply_to=298433014776623104\" class=\"twitreply\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Reply<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=298433014776623104\" class=\"retweet\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Retweet<\/a> &nbsp;&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=298433014776623104\" class=\"favorite\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Favorite<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/StateDept\/status\/298433014776623104\" title=\"Mon Feb 04 14:09:09 +0000 2013\">2 hours ago<\/a> via web&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/socialditto.com\/\">@socialditto<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script>  <\/p>\n<p>Twitter users have been quick to pick up on why this could lead to some confusion. 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