> When did a stupid 280chr “microblogging” platform become a channel for foreign diplomacy? Approximately in 2009. That's the date of the first known public ex

> When did a stupid 280chr “microblogging” platform become a channel for foreign diplomacy? Approximately in 2009. That's the date of the first known public example of the State Department influencing Twitter operations for diplomatic purposes. In that case, it was to lobby Twitter to delay a scheduled shutdown because of events happening in Iran. > To make an absurd comparison, should we consider the politics subreddit a diplomatic venue too? Any highly trafficked site co-ordinated and administered in the United States is, yes.