You Have a New Direct Message From Obama

If you follow any of the Barack Obama campaign's Twitter accounts and you've recently received a direct message from them, you're not alone: Obama's social media team is sending DMs to followers asking them to use their Twitter influence to promote the candidate as part of his "Twitter team."

Here's a DM received by this reporter from the @Obama2012 account. (I follow all official accounts of both the Obama and Romney campaigns.)

That DM links to a page where I'm asked to sign up to be a part of Obama's "Twitter team."

"Because you've got the ears of a lot of people on Twitter, you're in a great place to help turnout the vote for President Obama," reads the page. "Here's all yo…
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