substances Congress (credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)Days after the first reports of the Democratic Republic of the Anthony Weiners unpleasant messages on Twitter, there was a noticeable reduction in the number of messages to the members of the Congress, which is published in the online community, a study on site TweetCongress.
Weiners troubles started when he accidentally tweeted a picture of his branch of the Memorial Day weekend. The following week, May 30 through June 3, questions grew into whether sending the picture himself, Weiner until he admitted making the following Monday. Most of Weiners Congress colleagues refused to comment on the case that week--and it turns out was quiet on Twitter, tweeting 28 percent less than in the previous week, reports the Hill.
On 6 June, day Weiner acknowledged that having "inappropriate" online relationships with various women, there were only 120 democratic tweets--about 30 percent less than two Mondays before. Among Republicans was 338 tweets, representing an 18-point decline.
There is no evidence that declining tweets was related to Weiner's Twitter scandal.
However, it is clear that, as legislators, integrate social media into their regular communications, they are still grappling with risks. Members of Congress, 535, all but a handful of using Twitter, CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports, and Weiner is certainly not first as flub up on the site. Even when the legislator deals with the controversy that isn't connected to the Internet, Reporters and experts have learned to detect that the legislature tweets for the development of a story.
Weiner, normally a prolific tweeter, not tweeted since June 1. After quickly deleting the message that got him in hot water, he continued to use the social media site for a few days, while the curious Twitter users started ' after him. Before the scandal had Weiner about 40,000 supporters. He now has more than 75,000.
Meanwhile, while many were initially reluctant to comment on, a growing number of lawmakers now invites Weiner to resign. At least six Democrats in Congress called on him to resign, including Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., also announced yesterday evening he donate to charity the $ 5,000 he received from Weiners Campaign Committee.
"Their actions have humiliated the Congress," Donnelly said in a statement. -All should be focused on jobs and the economy and his refusal to do right is a distraction.
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