The 3rd most followed Twitter (according to Twitterholic), U.S. President Barack Obama (@BarackObama), with 583,940 followers. As one of those followers, this is his tweet, “Question about the economy? Ask President Obama: http://whitehouse.gov/OpenForQuestions . Once landing at this site, you can view a video and an invitation to send your questions via text and/or video. Currently 82,654 people have submitted 91,822 questions and cast 3,265,253 votes.
Yesterday’s tweet was his first since the inauguration in Januray. The last tweet on the president’s Twitter feed was at 5:01 p.m. on the 19th of January. The tweet of that day is:is asking you to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr by volunteering in your area. Visit http://USAservice.org or text SERVE to 56333 for info.
It seems that the tweet may not be authored by the president himself, but it is in alignment with the message that his administration has been sending quite agressively this week of using unconvential outlets 
to publize their agenda.
Accord
ing to Twitturly, the 3rd most Twitter url is Open For Questions as of today.
Yet TwitterCounter shows that Barack Obama (@BarackObama)
is the now ranked #2 for most followed Twitters. Gaining many
new followers after todays break in the silence.
How did it turn out in the end? What happened at this Open for Questions event? Click to read a great synopsis
