Updated: His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama [Has Not] Joined Twitter [Yet]
It appears the Dalai Lama is following in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI and moving into the world of social networking. Today he joined microblogging service Twitter.
Going under the obscure Twitter name @OHHDL, The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent out a welcome tweet earlier today introducing the official Twitter page of the Dalai Lama.
Update: Twitter announced on Monday morning that the OHHDL account was actually a fake. The company has been contacted by the real Dalai Lama's office and the account has been closed. Twitter says that they are working to get the real deal set up with an account - there's certainly demonstrated interest. At more than 16,000 followers in one weekend, the fake Dalai Lama was one of the fastest growing accounts that Twitter has ever seen.
OHHDL is responsible for all media pertaining to the Dalai Lama and will administer the Twitter account. In just over 9 hours, the OHHDL has managed to attract in excess of 2000 followers and is following most of them back.
The account has only been updated 20 times as of writing this post, with welcome and thank you messages, links to the Dalai Lama's FaceBook and MySpace account, and so far seems to be interacting with the general Twitter community.
The latest message? "I'm sure HH will be just as inquisitive about technology as he has been over the past 14 reincarnations."
So if you want to follow the Dalai Lama, head on over to OHHDL and say hi.
Thanks to Teresa Boze for bringing this story to our attention. If you'd like to befriend the ReadWriteWeb staff on Twitter here are our accounts - we'd love to meet you too!
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It's amazing that the Dalai Lama is using twitter. It just shows how forward thinking he is. Wonderful.
Poor guy trying to use Twitter to deliver his separation plot
Unfortunately the Dalai Lama is somewhat homophobic (or at least thinks that his religion is against it),
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igIBSeaJ9YI
I might have to ask him whether he still thinks that.
Now it seems really that twitter is growing
Indeed, re-tweeting is good karma.
Yeah!
Go Dalai Lama
Go Twitter
Oh,the guy is da lie,when he died,he want to turned a woman.Fu*k
Ahaha, I can see the Christian hate is starting to flow in.
RAAAAAAAAAAGE.
This would be a good chance for Muslims to be buddy buddy with the Christians in an "Us against Them" war against the Buddhists.
Go religious nuts go!
I only wish HH and the followers would find a safer place. It irks me how nations in power insist on denying a people freedom to choose their own path.
It reminds me of a bitter mother refusing to let her children play because she's afraid she won't be needed anymore.
On the flipside, it also tires me that Buddhism believes that aversion to the pleasure/pain cycle is the way to happiness. I have always believed it is merely the recognition of both as beautiful.
Thanks for this info. I've been lacking in joining this twitter revolution. Now this is reall news! Much appreciated!
Yeah!
Go Dalai Lama
Go Twitter.
Are you freaking kidding me? There is only ONE Holiness and its AIN'T the stupid Dalai Lama!
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Oh man, that's great. Personally I prefer Jesus' Twitter site at Twitter.com/lord_Jesus. He seems to be a great guy!
I once heard this joke that went "The Pope, the Dalai Lama, and Jesus walked into a Twitter convo...". I forgot how the rest went...
The accessibility of these social networks to ANYONE has really proved that the youth of today are taking over the world one cyber message at a time. Good or bad? We can only wait and see.
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Unfortunately, the account has been suspended at this time!
Account suspended due to suspicious activity.
Isn't it amazing that this humble monk wants to be in contact with people who have not met him or read any of his writings! I urge you all to really listen or read before you jump to conclusions only based on hearsay. HHDL is a man of peace, of science and compassion. You might learn from his teachings. Buddha and Jesus are brothers.
According to @caroline, who works at Twitter, they've confirmed that it was an impersonator.
@caroline tweeted: everyone who's wondering why @ohhdl was suspended. the official ohhdl in dharamsala, india informed us that @ohhdl is an impersonator. sorry
This Twitter account was suspended when I just tried. Possibly a fake or misidentified as one?
RT @mashable: Twitter employee @caroline writes: "@ohhdl is an impersonator". Gonna blog this: I have more info.
Likely fake. See blog post.
looks like the twitter page is gone now.
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090209/tc_afp/usitinternettwitterindiatibetdalai
Looks like RWW was duped lol - good research.
Twitter says its a fake, so it's fake.
It looks like the "fake" Dalai Lama is back online ! :)
The bio field has changed : "Not affiliated with the real Dalai Lama"... Ok, now it's clear...
This is an interesting posibility. In an increasingly mono-cultural (i.e. Google-dominated) world there are a few services - Flickr, delicious among them - which retain their island-like status. Adding another strong island like Twitter could be a shrewd move - if only Yahoo! could develop a strategy around these pockets of excellence. A true challenge, I think.
Go Dalai Lama
Go Twitter.
I've been lacking in joining this twitter revolution. Now this is reall news! Much appreciated!
Amazing project! I believe in the Twitter community, Paul will complete his journey
I believe in the Twitter community, Paul will complete his journey
Very informative and useful. I have to try this soon.
I believe in the Twitter community, Paul will complete his journey
May I talk Dalai Lama on Twitter?
I only wish HH and the followers would find a safer place. It irks me how nations in power insist on denying a people freedom to choose their own path.
It reminds me of a bitter mother refusing to let her children play because she's afraid she won't be needed anymore.
Lol his holiness (HH) is cool.
dalai lama should do something significant to the humanbeing.
This would be a good chance for Muslims to be buddy buddy with the Christians in an "Us against Them" war against the Buddhists.
Go religious nuts go!
hehe
I think it isn't true
cant believe it. is that true?
This is an interesting posibility. In an increasingly mono-cultural (i.e. Google-dominated) world there are a few services - Flickr, delicious among them - which retain their island-like status. Adding another strong island like Twitter could be a shrewd move - if only Yahoo! could develop a strategy around these pockets of excellence. A true challenge, I think
This would be a good chance for Muslims to be buddy buddy with the Christians in an "Us against Them" war against the Buddhists.
Twitter is a good source to make new friends.
en. I know, thank you for sharing.
I know,This is an interesting posibility.
http://www.crazypurchase.com
not bad; great chance.
yes, not bad; thanks for sharing!
This is an interesting posibility. In an increasingly mono-cultural world there are a few services - Flickr, delicious among them - which retain their island-like status.
interesting post; thanks for sharing with us!
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