Usually web-savvy actor Ashton Kutcher says he will hand the keys to his Twitter account to a management team.
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Want to know how to really screw up on Twitter? Hand over management of your account to a third party.

By now you’ve heard about the Twitter firestorm set off by Ashton Kutcher after his unfortunate, uninformed tweet about the firing of Pennsylvania State University football coach Joe Paterno — a quick blast that earned him the immediate wrath of the Twittersphere.

Ashton Kutcher's fatal tweet.

“How do you fire Jo P? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I f...