Walker cleared his Twitter page of most followers and tweets (No, he didn't - see replies here)

[highplainsdem]

Oops. I'm editing this OP to direct people's attention to the replies here, too, since I was posting about what was a fake account set up, probably, to force Twitter to verify Walker's actual account. See the replies below for the explanation.

Original OP:

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http://twitter.com/#!/GovWaIker

He'd had thousands of followers, now has only 18, including some parody accounts and our own PeaceNikki. (I'm sure he removed all of his followers and they just followed him again.)

He has only three tweets there at the moment (he even removed the one about eating chili):


GovWaIker Governor WaIker
Still hopeful that some of the reasonable Senate Democrats can follow our path home.
6 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply


GovWaIker Governor WaIker
I was disappointed that we had to begin the process of layoff notifications because the Senate Democrats wouldn’t come home.
3 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply


GovWaIker Governor WaIker
Enjoying a well deserved night
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply


He's been mocked a lot on Twitter for the "follow our path home" line -- one tweep pointed out Walker's "path" is a sinking ship.

The third tweet is also unintentionally funny.

He's enjoying "a well deserved night." Not a quiet/peaceful/restful/relaxing/etc night. A night. A teacher could tell him he forgot the adjective that would make that statement meaningful. Oh, wait...

I suppose tomorrow he can tweet that he's enjoying a well deserved day.

It must hard for him to pat himself on the back and tweet even semi-coherently at the same time.

He hasn't been able to get Twitter to give him a verified account, either.

LOL - Twitter Turns Down Verification Request from Wisconsin Gov Walker

I wouldn't be surprised if he gives up completely on Twitter soon.

[PeaceNikki]

1. That is a fake account created to force verification of the real

Fake: http://twitter.com/#!/GovWaIker
Real: http://twitter.com/#!/GovWalker

It's about how Twitter fonts don't differentiate lower L's & capital i's.

[highplainsdem]

2. Thanks for explaining! I'd seen your tweet about the cleared page.

[PeaceNikki]

3. Then someone explained to me.

:)

[highplainsdem]

7. Thanks again! Here's the Twitter account for the blogger who explained this to you, so others can

see the explanation:

http://twitter.com/#!/thebookpolice


Maybe I'd better just copy the tweets here:

thebookpolice Kyle Nabilcy
Somebody is so interested in his image, he had to game @Twitter into giving him verification. twitpic.com/466phz twitpic.com/466pht
2 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply


thebookpolice Kyle Nabilcy
OK, guys. Let's set things straight. @ g o v w a i k e r and @ g o v w a l k e r are 2 diff accts. Can't tell if they're affiliated or not.
50 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


thebookpolice Kyle Nabilcy
Similarly: @ c h a r l i e s h e e n & @ c h a r i i e s h e e n. It's about how @Twitter fonts don't differentiate lower L's & capital i's.
46 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


thebookpolice Kyle Nabilcy
I feel like @GovWaIker (the fake one) was created to justify the need for the real one to get Verified by Twitter. This is surmisal, however
32 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


thebookpolice Kyle Nabilcy
@PeaceNikki See my recent tweets for an explanation on the Walker Twitter confusion.
27 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[highplainsdem]

4. And he did get his real account verified. Sigh. It was amusing that they turned him down at first.

[PeaceNikki]

5. His people likely created the newest fake page you linked to to help force that.

[highplainsdem]

10. Looks that way. Manipulative of them -- but of course they are.

[Tx4obama]

6. The @GovWalker page is verified now. n/t

Edited to remove link to 'older' account.

[PeaceNikki]

8. This is his now verified account

http://twitter.com/#!/GovWalker

[highplainsdem]

9. self-delete, since you edited your post

[highplainsdem]

11. I've edited the subject line and added a preface to the OP.

[Goblinmonger]

12. My favorite parody twitter accounts

ScottWalkersSUV
PresidentWalker

[PeaceNikki]

13. GovWalkersDiary, also

:D

[Goblinmonger]

14. I am now following. Thanks. n/t

[PeaceNikki]

15. Oh, one more

http://twitter.com/#!/WiGovPR

[blogslut]

16. Ok. Now I'm confused

http://twitter.com/GovWalkerHQ