Sarah Palin goes silent on Twitter

August 7, 10:38 PMDC Technology ExaminerTanya Gupta

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Sarah Palin may just have had enough of the media attention.  She has just posted on Facebook on Aug 7, a reaction to the Obama health initiative, but it was more of a formal announcement on her policy position, and not peronal like her tweets usually are.  

An active tweeter before, Palin continues to be silent on Twitter.  For the last few days bloggers are speculating as to why she has stopped using Twitter.  Her last tweet was on July 26:

Last state twitter. Thank you Alaska! I love you. God bless Alaska. God bless the U.S.A"

Since then she has not tweeted.  Palin followers have commented on how active she was on Twitter before, tweeting more than once every day, and are wondering why she has stopped.  Some have speculated that as her Twitter account has the word Governor in it, and she is no longer one, and so she may get a different Twitter account.  Others say she has given up using Twitter completely.  For once it looks like both her supporters and detractors are missing her!

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