Dilma makes her debut on a video-sharing social network.
On Thursday (23), she created an account on Vine, a smartphone app that allows users to post and share videos of up to 6 seconds; in her first post, President Dilma published a video with images of the stadiums that will host this year's World Cup, with the information that there will be World Cup games in all Brazilian regions.
Paulo Victor Chagas, from Agência Brasil - President Dilma Rousseff started using a new social network today (23). This morning, she created an account on Vine, a smartphone app that allows users to post and share videos of up to 6 seconds.
In her first post, the president published a video with images of the stadiums that will host this year's World Cup, stating that there will be World Cup matches in all regions of Brazil.
Vine allows people to record videos from their own internet-enabled mobile phones and post them, with comments, via Twitter and Facebook. "Vine is the best way to see and share life in motion. Create short, beautiful videos in a simple and fun way for your friends and family to see," states the app's description.
After three posts, Dilma reached 158 followers by early evening. "The legacy of the World Cup in Brazil will be job and income generation and investment in urban mobility," the president wrote when posting two more videos.
The key to using the app is creativity. Choosing the best angle and movements in just 6 seconds is one of Vine's attractions for users, who are increasingly connected quickly through small devices.
The videos produced by the president so far, however, have been more institutional, with images of workers on World Cup construction sites, improvements to public transportation, and the new stadiums. Last year, Dilma created a profile on the Instagram photo app and resumed posting messages on Twitter.