Twitter loses Nilekani

Does it matter? In an over-reactive web world where opportunities are seldom let go, Nandan Nilekani’s leaving Twitter is certainly a news.

Twitter is popular. It has recently broken into top-50 most visited websites in the US. It now has 20 million users. See my article, Twitternama.

These facts however may not look impressive unless you know that among frequent users of Twitter are the US President Barack Obama with nearly 2 million followers, and such important addresses like The White House, and 10 Downing Street.

Nilekani has recently left Infosys to take charge as the firstever chairman of the Unique Identity Development Authority of India (UIDAI) that comes with cabinet minister’s rank.

There is no doubt Nilekani has thought that participating in Twitter may in some way affect his new, important duties. This may seem odd because if US Prez can be there, why can’t Nandan Nilekani!

This is what he is reported to have said some days back:

In my new role, I can no longer comment on government policy. So this means the end of this blog. The blogging format was new to me, and I greatly enjoyed writing here and listening to your thoughts these past few months.