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...
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 ...
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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....
#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,...
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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...
opinion by Albert Milliron | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 182 views | 3 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
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...
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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...
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@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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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....
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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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