New Jersey gets its own Twitter account

At approximately 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, the state of New Jersey's Twitter account went live and started learning at a geometric rate. Or at least it posted its first tweet.

Since the dawn of...well...Twitter, New Jersey has only had profiles for its respective departments. The Department of Education. The Department of the Treasury. All departments had the coveted "social media presence."

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But New Jersey, a land of many opinions and the mouths to voice them, did not yet have its own Twitter profile. No longer.

So far, the account has only posted two tweets (one is a retweet), but according to a welcome tweet from Gov. Phil Murphy, the account will post Garden State "resources, multimedia and agency news."

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While most people were probably hoping for polls about things like Taylor ham vs. pork roll, one of the more inane yet fiery state debates, and lengthy threads about jug-handles and their many benefits, it remains to be seen if the state's Twitter ends up having a "voice." And what that voice will be...

If the account starts posting about refineries and grabbing a cold brew while wearing worn-in denim, you'll know it's the voice of Bruce Springsteen.

Email: torrejon@northjersey.com

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