Muslim Humor Doesn’t Bomb On Twitter #MuslimRage
Newsweek proposed that outraged citizens should take to the Twitter feed #MuslimRage to comment regarding the magazine’s current cover story of unrest in the Islamic people. It didn’t work out that way. What they expected were a torrent of angry comments from right wing nutjobs and Muslims, maybe a few frank declarations from the occasional [...]
Twitter’s New “Header Photo” Feature: More Like Facebook?
Twitter is mimicking Facebook by making minor changes to its layout, including the introduction of their version of the cover photo. Celebrities like Ryan Seacrest and Matt Lauer have already taken advantage of the new “Header Photo,” which is Twitter’s term for cover photo. The only difference between Facebook’s cover photo and Twitter’s “Header Photo” [...]
Moving On? 9/11 Tweets From the Comedy Twittersphere
On 09/11/2001, my mom woke me up to tell me a plane flew into the World Trade Center, and also “Happy Birthday.” That night, some friends and family went out with me to celebrate my 20th year on the planet. We were the only ones in town having a good time. The next year, my [...]
Rapper Dies in Suspected DUI Car Crash Minutes after #YOLO Tweet
Even since rapper Drake uttered the prophetic words, “You only live once, that’s the motto, n***a YOLO,” in his song “The Anthem,” people worldwide have hashtagged it on Twitter ad nauseam and interpreted it however they pleased. Want to blow a lot of money on a yacht? YOLO! Apparently, for aspiring rapper Inkyy (sometimes also known [...]
Rap Beef Plays Out on YouTube, Twitter & Ends in Murder: The Lil JoJo & Chief Keef Story Thus Far
In May of this year, Chicago gangsta rapper Lil JoJo posted a viral music video called “3hunnak” dissing another local raper. The low-fi video featured a few of his crew members jumping around and waving what appeared to be MAC-10’s and AK-47’s. The chorus that repeats itself throughout the video references a well-known street gang [...]
Harshtags: Obama, Romney Flame War Over Twitter
The country has been taken over by 11-year-old girls — at least that’s the indication if you judged our leaders by their Twitter feeds. Both candidates, whose parties have each spent upwards of $100,000 (a source for the Democratic Underground speculates that the Republicans have actually spent closer to $360,000…this too could be more party-baiting [...]
‘This Seat’s Taken’: Top 12 Tweets on Clint Eastwood’s Conversation with an Empty Chair
Before Mitt Romney made “the most important speech” of his political career at the Republican National Convention last night, legendary spaghetti western actor Clint Eastwood warmed up the crowd. You would think that he would do the straight talk and tear up President Obama’s record over the last three and a half years. Instead, he [...]
YouTube Disables Public Video Tags In Their API: Will It Make a Difference?
Earlier today over at the YouTube API Blog, there was a post detailing some changes regarding tags and YouTube’s Data API. In so many words, the blog explained that because YouTube has disabled video tags to the public, they would also be disabling tags in API responses. The blog post reads “Starting later today, August [...]
New Social Media Site from Twitter Founders, Branch, Aims To Cure Trolling
In this age dominated by creepy trolls and inanimate bots, meaningful Internet discussion is a distant memory. Websites like YouTube are trying to halt the flow of trolls by asking its users to post items using their real names. Other websites are preventing anonymous attacks by validating commenters through Facebook or other social media sites. [...]
3 Signs Your Twitter Followers are Fake (and an App that can figure it out too!)
I’ve always wondered if my four years on Twitter was really worth it. I still haven’t reached my goal of 1,000 followers, and the number of followers seems to fluctuate each day — mostly in the wrong direction. Do people follow me because they think I’m cool, or am I just getting bots following me? [...]
