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Jon Worth @jonworth
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Thanks to a project about #EP2019 this week for @Act4AnimalsEU I was reminded me of the 2014 "Twitter Government and Elections Handbook"

You can find details about it here:
blog.twitter.com/official/en_us…

Full 137 page PDF of the guide here:
g.twimg.com/elections/file…

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The tweet they use to demonstrate the political good of Twitter?

This one


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😢

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"The best way to earn a voter’s support is no different today than it was a century ago" it goes on, "a simple handshake and a look in the eye. But it is hard to scale such retail politicking to the entire voting public"

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"Twitter helps fill the void, enabling a virtual “handshake” and conversation at a scale not possible even a generation ago." Through these small, easy interactions, elected officials and their constituents regain some of the meaningful contact lost over the years"

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The guide then goes on to explain, in layperson's terms, how to use Twitter in all kinds of political situations. The tips are actually still, even now, really solid.

Rather absent from the guide: how to deal with critique and trolling!

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And despite all the trolling, bots, attacks, astroturfing etc. since then, Twitter *ought* to still have some of that good in it for the 2019 @Europarl_EN #EP2019 election campaign!

Here's to hoping!

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