Tweets With Miss Destructo
From the orange of a canned yam to the blue of Miss Destructo's hair, Amber Osborne adds color to social media.
If you want to give a voice to a toy cowboy, Tom Hanks isn’t a bad choice, and Mike Myers is pretty good as a green ogre. But who did a national company hire to be the online voice behind a can of yams? The answer lies here in New Port Richey, where a tall blue-haired virtual rock star known as Miss Destructo helps businesses like Bruce’s Yams find a cyber personality. Her real name is Amber Osborne, and she prides herself in being the “destroyer of social media boredom.” Last fall, Creative Loafing named her "Best Twitter Personality" and runner-up for "Best Blogger." Her personal Twitter account boasts more than 16,000 followers. That’s like knowing everyone at Pasco-Hernando Community College and their grandmother. Osborne works at an…
