WASHINGTON — For a spy agency that likes to operate undercover, the CIA’s debut on Twitter has revealed a cryptic sense of humor.
In a medium heralded for its snark, the Twittersphere gave high praise for the agency’s first tweet.
“We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet,” @CIA posted.
Within an hour it had more than 67,000 followers and later topped 350,000. It followed only 25 other accounts as of Friday afternoon.
The CIA got its @CIA handle after filing a complaint with Twitter to wrest control from someone who was using it to impersonate the agency, CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz said. There are any number of other imitators.
Some aren’t sure it was a good day for social media.
“People say Facebook got lame once your grandmother joined. don’t know what to think about @CIA joining Twitter,” tweeted electronic privacy activist Parker Higgins (@xor).
