By Kevin Allen

Twitter played a role in the debt-ceiling agreement that the U.S. government reached over the weekend—but it came with a cost that was more than political. 

On Friday, President Obama asked his 9 million Twitter followers to tweet at Republican legislators. More than 100 tweets were sent from his account. 

According to a Mashable post, New York Times reporter Brian Stelter said that White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer believes the tweets helped pressure Congress to come to an agreement.

However, Obama's Twitter account lost more than 36,000 followers, as Republican Congress members accused the White House of spamming. 

The criticism extends beyond U.S. borders. The Telegraph published the following SEO-friendly headline: Barack Obama’s vulgar Twitter spamming campaign is a classless act of desperation by the US president. 

The account was that of Obama’s reelection campaign, not the official White House feed. Some pundits questioned whether the president should have used the account as a political tool. 

Source: http://www.prdaily.com

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