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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by COpltASgldPHX
Once CO starts using Twitter they will only receive Tweets from those they choose to "follow" and those who reply directly to a Tweet they send out. I'm sure the number of petty gripes will be minimal.

This could evolve into a valuable marketing and PR tool. United sends out "Twares" which are limited availability city-specific fares. They also recently used Twitter to alert followers about the IT meltdown that occurred @ORD.
Sure, CO will only directly see the tweets made by those they subscribe to, but they could easily do a search for people's issues.
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