Last week, White House staff began holding regular “Office Hours” on Twitter. Once or twice a day, officials from the National Economic Council came by to answer questions, submitted using the hashtag #WHChat, regarding the ongoing debt and deficit debate.
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One week in, it's clear that White House Office Hours have been a success. Since Office Hours were announced on Tuesday, July 26th we have answered nearly 100 questions, and @WhiteHouse has gained nearly 22,000 followers, an average of 3,100 per day. This is an increase of over 37% over our previous daily increase in followers of 2,257* followers.
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