Telstra: Okay, we did tell Fake Stephen Conroy to stop
Telstra has now conceded that managers did tell its staffer behind the Fake Stephen Conroy blog that he had to stop.
In a posting this afternoon, Mike Hickinbotham, senior social media adviser at Telstra, said:
“Last night I said that Telstra hadn’t shut down Leslie’s Twitter account. This was based on the advice of my colleagues. It’s factually correct, though it’s also true that Leslie’s senior managers independently told him last night to stop.”
In his previous update, Hickinbotham had stressed that Telstra had not shut down the Twitter account.
Are the responses also sattirical pieces. Those who know leslie accept his larger than life personality craves attention
Watto, I don’t crave attention. I SAID I DON’T CRAVE ATTENTION! LOOK AT ME WHEN I’M TALKING TO YOU!
I love this part of Telstra statement the most “assuming that users are smart enough to judge for themselves what to think of other users” – wow. just wow.
Given that their own staff are using social media, I really hope Telstra’s hired the ‘smart enough’ ones to distinguish the Senator Stephen Conroy from a twitter account specifically titled Fake Stephen Conroy.