diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp
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+#include "StatusUpdateRequest.h"
+#include "../TwitterResponseParser.h"
+
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "StatusUpdateRequest")
+void StatusUpdateRequest::run() 
+{
+	replyMsg = "";
+	success = twitObj->statusUpdate(data);
+	if(success) {
+		twitObj->getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << "StatusUpdateRequest response " << replyMsg );
+	}
+}
+
+void StatusUpdateRequest::finalize()
+{
+	if(!success) {
+		twitObj->getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " - Curl error: " << replyMsg );
+		callBack(user, replyMsg);
+	} else {
+		std::string error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);
+		if(error.length()) LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " - " << error)
+		else LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Updated status for " << user << ": " << data);
+		callBack(user, error);
+	}
+}