Our Kevvie’s recent incoming and associated twitbites make for fun reading … here’s some favs to date – the characteristic laconic, down-to-earth verging on shameless Aussie lingo is alive and twittering.
rogers: @KevinRuddPM Frosty handshake? Why didn’t you sock that arsehole in the guts…?
hortovanyi: @fang mate, I’m always well behaved on here .. the only person I’m not sure about is @KevinRuddPM
grodscorp: @KevinRuddPM Would’ve thought you wouldn’t need to do dishes at White House dinner, Kevvie.
ninjamoeba: I love @KevinRuddPM ‘s bio: “PM.” Surprisingly succinct.
After Kev’s first, very muted, ‘vpod’ offering:
jimbiosis: @KevinRuddPM Sir, “growing the cake” is a mixed metaphor.
owenhodda: What is this vpod @KevinRuddPM speaks of? I am not down with the cool kid lingo
jamesfehon: @KevinRuddPM you mean a vlog?
lenier: @KevinRuddPM Re: “vpod”. You may have developed a term where many already exist. Welcome to Web 2.0! You’re fitting right in.
chrissylvester: just watched @KevinRuddPM’s vpod about the G20 and wanted to let you know he wished we’d sent @TurnbullMalcolm instead – chrissylvester team
Several commentators express concern about correct twitgrammar:
calvinccc: @KevinRuddPM My first thought was: wow the PM’s twittering in the 3rd person
danupoyner: Shock! @KevinRuddPM has changed from 1st to 3rd person. I like to think that it is actually still Kevin, just talking in 3rd person 🙂
iusebiro: am pretty disappointed that @kevinruddpm isn’t even pretending that it’s my beloved KevOhSev tweeting 🙁
cinema_monster: do you think @KevinRuddPM is actually the one updating his twitter? i’m kind of getting the image of my dad trying to work the dvd remote…
Digs at Conroy’s profoundly idiotic attempts to censor the Australian internet:
alexrzem: @KevinRuddPM That’s nice that you recorded a message for us. But how do you know that in the future it wouldn’t be blocked by your Firewall?
SilkCharm: @KevinRuddPm Hi Kev, thanks for your video G20 email http://twurl.nl/hon8lp – Please enjoy our #nocleanfeed video http://twurl.nl/06dsl3 🙂
Other tweets are disappointed with Kev’s autistic twitter demeanour, particularly in comparison to the more experienced twitterer @TurnbullMalcolm:
Mediamum: Gee, @KevinRuddPM has over 2000 followers and hasn’t had a conversation with anyone yet! FAIL
perkler: @KevinRuddPM just emailed me to say he looked forward to ‘our continuing dialogue’. I didn’t know we were having one. I got the email tho
jedwhite: @TurnbullMalcolm Great to see your genuine engagement through twitter. Very positive contrast to @KevinRuddPM. Hope u r finding useful.
@KevinRuddPM is now Number 8 on the Aussietwit list, yet it seems some followers are dissillusioned.
a_lil_spaz: The novelty has worn off now. Defollowing @KevinRuddPM & others people of political note. Sick of big shots not using Twitter appropriately.
caitabee: @KevinRuddPM I just unfollowed you. Fuck yes.
TWITFLASH!
We have liftoff! @KevinRuddPM is responding – and the cat is cool 🙂
