His Holiness the Tweeter

While driving to work this morning I caught the end of a conversation on the radio, from what I could gather, they were talking about the Dalai Lama being on Twitter. Of course I dismissed this and though I had caught the end of a prank but as I was scouring the news, it was there in black and white.

The Tibetan spiritual leader has joined the micro blogging service Twitter and he's attracted over 55 000 followers in only two days. His feed-@Dalailama-was launched on Monday. Where did this come from and why? These are the questions I've been asking. He apparently met with Evan Williams in Los Angeles who is one of Twitters founders. His Holiness was pitched the idea of using it and according to the founder laughed about it but after the meeting the tweets began.

Before you get excited and start looking him up for his pearls of wisdom, the only tweets that have been posted so far are links to articles and photos of his activities during his current US visit. But who knows, he could share a few noteworthy tweets in the future with us? A fake Dalai Lama account had been set up over a year ago and because of it, the founders have started verified accounts but that faker attracted tens of thousands of followers so it shouldn't be long for the real Dalai Lama to exceed those numbers. I know I'll definitely be one of them.