diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/StatusUpdateRequest.cpp
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+#include "StatusUpdateRequest.h"
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "StatusUpdateRequest")
+void StatusUpdateRequest::run() 
+{
+	if( twitObj.statusUpdate( data ) ) {
+		replyMsg = "";
+		while(replyMsg.length() == 0) {
+			twitObj.getLastWebResponse( replyMsg );
+		}
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, user << "StatusUpdateRequest response " << replyMsg );
+	} else {
+		twitObj.getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << "Error - " << replyMsg );
+	}
+}
+
+void StatusUpdateRequest::finalize()
+{
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Updated status for " << user << ": " << data);
+	return;
+}