I love Austinites; we’re a bunch of social media nerds in this city.
Today @AustinDirtyDog shared with us the wonderfully horrendous Twitter account for the Shell Oil Company Social Media team.
@ShellisPrepared was created “in light of recent events” and for “actively monitoring and responding to slanderous statements made toward Royal Dutch Shell.”
Below the Twitter bio is a dead link for www.articready.com
Upon first reading the oil giant’s social media page, it appears that whomever is writing their tweets has never seen or heard of social media before.
Above and below that gem lie other beautiful tweets such as:
And possibly hundreds of personal tweets sent to individuals like this:
I have to admit, at first I believed it. I honestly thought there were several 75 year-old men in leisure suits sending tweets from an Apple Lisa in a windowless room in Houston, Texas.
Then I realized there is no possible way this account is real.
Can someone really (more…)