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Fifa & Real Madrid use Twitter to wish Luka Modric happy birthday

Social media is taking over what we do in so many ways and even the biggest of organisations head there to send out personal messages.
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Fifa & Real Madrid use Twitter to wish Luka Modric happy birthday
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Another day, another barrage of tweets. Twitter - and other social media portals - has become part of many people's lives and even large organisations use this medium to send messages...but it can be a confusing business.

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Trickier than a Croatian midfielder

Today, Luka Modric turns 31 and both his club, Real Madrid and world football's governing body, Fifa, thought it nice to send him a congratulatory message. However, in a Twittersphere full of hashtags and handles you have to be careful about selecting the right account to send it to.

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An obvious name for the official Modric account could be @Modric19 however the real one is @lm19official. His club were quick to spot this and resent their best wishes.