Twitter Drops Following Requirements for DMs

You can DM some Brands and Celebs without Them Following You First In a major victory for spammers, Twitter dropped the two-way following requirement for direct messages (DMs) in relation to brands and some...

Strap on your thinking caps if you love Freedom - Locke vs Hobbes

This is a teaser to an article i wrote on Examiner.com" "Proverbs 23:7a, "As a person thinketh in their heart, so are they." http://bit.ly/lOnOzU On Twitter.com, there is an atmosphere of constructive intellectual ...

Obama Twitter: Tweets from the President

Obama Tweeting for Himself US President Barack Obama has had a Twitter account for a long time, but it's mainly managed by his staff and interns. Now, though, Obama will be tweeting his own tweets from time to time....

McDonald's Racist Sign Hoax

#seriouslymcdonalds: Retweeting a McDonalds Racist Sign Hoax A photo of a fake sign at a McDonald's that had been floating around the web for years has gotten new life thanks to Twitter, and, more to the point,...

What's Really Important? Weinergate or the 2012 election?

Congressman Anthony Weiner was a Democratic rock star not unlike the Young Bill Clinton or Barack Obama.  He was sure to be a shoe in for Mayor of New York City and even had some folks looking at him as a...

Fahmi Fadzil Forced to Tweet 100 Apologies for Defamation

Fahmi Fadzil Forced to Tweet Defamation Apology In a bizarre and low-cost resolution to a defamation case Malaysian writer Fahmi Fadzil is being forced to tweet 100 apologies for defaming Female Magazine, run by...

Stevie K vs Urban Outfitters: The Power of Social Media Outrage

Urban Outfitters Rips Off Stevie K; The Internet Gets Revenge Artist Stevie K, who sells jewelry on Etsy, got an alert that Urban Outfitters, which is notorious for copying independent designers' work and churning it...

Ryan Giggs Named in Superinjunction Sex Case

Ryan Giggs Named in Twitter Lawsuit by MP John Hemming Lib Dem MP John Hemming named Ryan Giggs as the soccer player involved in a pending lawsuit against Twitter and its users, lifting the lid on a superinjuction...

Old Man Search: Punking an 81-Year-Old on Twitter?

@oldmansearch: Telling an 81-Year-Old that Twitter is Search One mischievous netizen told his 81-year-old father that Twitter was how you searched for things on the internet. The result: @oldmansearch. Cue the...

Twitter is Down: Return of the Fail Whale on May 13, 2011

Is Twitter is Down? Yes. Twitter is Down. Get Back to Work Twitter is down (May 13, 2011). Since it's Friday the 13th, you  can blame Jason Voorhees, I guess. While twitter.com is not responding, my 3rd-party...

@alemarahweb: The Taliban on Twitter

Would You Follow the Taliban on Twitter? The Taliban is on Twitter, posting under the username @alemarahweb. If you ever want to get a visa to visit or work in the USA, we recommend against following the Taliban on...

InjunctionSuper vs Superinjunctions: Tweets Sidestep Gag Order

Superinjunctions Defied: Tweets Sidestep Extreme British Gag Orders A simple anonymous Twitter account called InjunctionSuper has run roughshod over the UK's superinjunction laws, spreading rumors in defiance of a weird media rule that prevents the press from talking about...

Rashard Mendenhall's bin Laden Tweets Raise Eyebrows

Steelers Running Back Rashard Mendenhall is causing quite a stink over remarks he made on Twitter about the death of Osama Bin Laden.  In the comments, he questions the events of 9/11 and suggests that people’s hatred of Bin Laden is a one-sided affair. "Pittsburgh...

'Who is bin Laden?': Twitter Exposes World-News Ignorance

For some, ' Who is Osama bin Laden?' is Not a Rhetorical Question I can't imagine anyone in the English-speaking world who is old enough to type not knowing who Osama bin Laden is, but that seems to be the case....

White House Correspondents Association Dinner 2011

Politiste would like to provide a cross section on coverage of the White House Correspondents Association Dinner 2011. Twitter Hashtags will be  #WHCD #NERDPROM  and #WHCAD.    We...

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