Edward Snowden Joins Twitter – Only Follows NSA

“Can you hear me now?” The stark words of Edward Snowdens first tweet as he joins social media platform Twitter. The account went live recently, gaining 160,000 followers in less than an hour, a number that has skyrocketed to almost 900,000 in less than a day and continues to grow exponentially.

Can you hear me now?

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015

The simple message was retweeted 93,928 times, so it’s obviously something that resonates with his followers. He’s since been a little more vocal too, and given his nature of challenging the order of things, you can bet he’s not going to be a passive user of the platform.

And, Ed @Snowden, glad to see the long exile hasn't affected your sense of humor. Staying busy?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

As a slight tongue-in-cheek jab, Snowden only follows one Twitter page, @NSAGov; I’m sure they heard his message and any others loud and clear.

Give a warm welcome to .@Snowden

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) September 29, 2015

Even better, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Anonymous, WikiLeaks and more have started tweeting at him, sparking a few conversations that have sent Twitter into overload, making Edward Snowden one of the most interesting people to follow on the social media platform right now.

Hey, @Snowden! Finally a real Edward to follow! Wanna do a quick Twitter interview? Big fans, BTW! #AskRealSnowden

— RT (@RT_com) September 29, 2015

Ed @Snowden, after discussing everything from Chemistry to the Constitution on #StarTalk, you're a patriot to me. Stay safe.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) September 29, 2015

I’m looking forward to more updates from Snowden, if you want to stay tuned to the latest, you can follow him here @Snowden.