How social is our new Director of Digital Engagement?

When the post of Director of Digital Engagement was announced back in February I commented that "I hope the government don't just appoint some generic boardroom type." Maybe it would have been more appropriate to say "I hope the government don't just appoint some generic civil servant type"...which is what Andrew Stott seems to be on first impressions. Five hours after Andrew Stott and his Twitter account are announced on Twitter he posts:

Within those five hours the new Director of Digital Engagement (or one of his minions) failed to follow anyone except his boss, failed to include a photo, and then included a hash tag that few people would have recognised.

Obviously the post is more than just being able to use Twitter, but his first comment nicely illustrates the fact that they were more interested in having a good civil servant than a good social media person.