JW Pressroom on Social Media

[Dages]

15 minutes ago, bvr said:

we just hit 10K followers on Instagram. 

Follow, like and repost I guess  

[bvr]

3 minutes ago, Dages said:

Follow, like and repost I guess  

 

I’m guessing we’ll hit around a quarter of a million followers by Monday, and then it’ll really take off further in the following days after because of its announcement at the congregations.

Edited 14 hours ago by bvr

[Dages]

I guess with all the friends life and repost each post... that's going to be quite a tsunami  

 

27.1k followers on insta now

4,7k on Tiktok

Edited 11 hours ago by Dages

[Dages]

and Tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/@jw_pressroom

[Kolawole]

There's now an official announcement about it coming at the next midweek meeting.

[Landon1285]

5 hours ago, Babseinstein said:

It is legit. Elders would have seen it in their June S-147 which came earlier than expected. Lol.

Yeah I ended up reading the announcements as chairman tonight. 

[Landon1285]

5 hours ago, Áine said:

Yes exactly!! Nothing annoys me more than the we know something you don’t… culture that goes on!!

Definitely not my intention. I wanted to get thoughts on it for those who've seen it already.

 

#BeanSoup

[Brandon]

Let’s keep in mind that these accounts are not intended for witnesses to keep up to date with the organization. Rather, it’s a way to reach the “secular audience” such as journalists and government officials.

 

X (formerly twitter) also has a JW_Pressroom handle registered last month (no doubt by the organization). Time will tell whether information is also posted there too.

 

The new instagram and tik tok channels are described as pilots, and only in english currently. Let us see whether Jehovah blesses this pilot program or not.

[Brandon]

Let’s keep in mind that these accounts are not intended for witnesses to keep up to date with the organization. Rather, it’s a way to reach the “secular audience” such as journalists and government officials.

 

X (formerly twitter) also has a JW_Pressroom handle registered last month (no doubt by the organization). Time will tell whether information is also posted there too.

 

The new instagram and tik tok channels are described as pilots, and only in english currently. Let us see whether Jehovah blesses this pilot program or not.

[Jimi-L]

Already almost 36k followers on Instagram.
 

I think it's a bit surprising, but if  helps some honest, genuine people reach our official websites, it could very well be useful. Of course apostates etc will notice it but the target audience is clearly non-believers, especially journalists and some local government officials.

So no community of witnesses is expected on social media or the internet in general.

Besides, we don't need one. We'll do just fine with one: JW Talk. ❤️

 

(But i wouldnt mind if we could comment on some news on Jw.org... although that would probably be under constant apostate and bot attacks.) 

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[Babseinstein]

10 hours ago, Áine said:

Brilliant but we are not elders or elders wives.. Do you have a legitimate link please 

The letter will be read at your next midweek meeting. I hope that answers it.

[Michał]

My dream come true. And I’m very happy that comments are off

[MJ1]

interesting, but I worry about use of these social media outlets if its a good idea!

[Dolce vita]

Unless they discourage us from subscribing, it’s bound to go viral, that’s for sure, and in a few days, we might reach millions of subscribers. We’ll never be as good as Ronaldo or Mr. Bean, but who knows, after all?

 

People are becoming less and less reachable and more and more active on social media, whether they’re media professionals or not. It’s a smart way to reach them. It’s just a means of communication. Every journalist and every newsroom on earth is connected to these networks.

 

When Jehovah innovates, it’s never for nothing. It serves a purpose, and it always succeeds. Who is this preparing for?

 

It’s going to be interesting to follow the story...

[TheKid23]

Love that they’ve done this after the WT last Sunday mentioned social media. Some in my Cong were going to extremes and saying we shouldn’t be on social media 🙄. Guess this has shown them 😂😂

[SUNRAY]

6 hours ago, Landon1285 said:

Definitely not my intention. I wanted to get thoughts on it for those who've seen it already.

 

#BeanSoup

I appreciate this topic! I used to have an IG account but left IG because I was spending too much time on it. I also am not on Facebook X ..etc. So PLEASE share updates..I love this!👍

[On the huh]

Can we expect pictures of what Bethelites are eating for lunch and JW memes?

 

I'm not sure what the brothers (currently 40k) are expecting by following this account.  Its not for us.  You get more news from jw.org.

[Luigi62]

 

Is this for real? 

[Hope]

11 hours ago, Dages said:

and Tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/@jw_pressroom

 

Ugh... do I have to get TikTok now?? 😭

[Midwest-US]

1 minute ago, Hope said:

 

Ugh... do I have to get TikTok now?? 😭

Not necessarily. I'm sure it will be the same exact content across all platforms.

[Hope]

6 hours ago, Brandon said:

Let’s keep in mind that these accounts are not intended for witnesses to keep up to date with the organization. Rather, it’s a way to reach the “secular audience” such as journalists and government officials.

 

X (formerly twitter) also has a JW_Pressroom handle registered last month (no doubt by the organization). Time will tell whether information is also posted there too.

 

The new instagram and tik tok channels are described as pilots, and only in english currently. Let us see whether Jehovah blesses this pilot program or not.

Will people (you know who they are) be immediately angry that we're violating copyright by posting the links to these public sites? 😒🙄😏

[Jimspace]

On toxic X as well! 😆 

[bvr]

55 minutes ago, On the huh said:

Can we expect pictures of what Bethelites are eating for lunch and JW memes?

 

I'm not sure what the brothers (currently 40k) are expecting by following this account.  Its not for us.  You get more news from jw.org.

 

No, I don’t think we will see pictures of brothers and sisters, Bethel lunch posts, or JW memes.

 

It seems to be more about giving accurate official information in a way that people outside the organization can easily understand. That is also why they may use words we do not normally use inside the organization.

 

Many publishers probably follow it simply because it is an official account from the organization. Most importantly, it can help fight misinformation, especially since a lot of fake news and false information spreads on social media today.

Edited 2 hours ago by bvr

[secondofseven]

38 minutes ago, Midwest-US said:

across all platforms.

I guess as individuals we never would be needing these if a publisher prefers not using any of these platforms.

[secondofseven]

36 minutes ago, Jimspace said:

toxic X

I should dig in to my password fault and give them the jworg handle on X I reserved as a placeholder in like 2010... 😎