Today I was pleasantly surprised when I checked Twitter and noticed that I had been followed by @Mirage234, which upon closer inspection, proved to be extremely LOL worthy — and then some. Yes, those are “stacks” of “benjamins.” His Twitter page was hilarious enough as it was without the G-Money MySpace retard-shot he has plastered [...]
In case that sounds a bit harsh, it’s because it is, but after reading yesterday’s release from the Oxford University Press, it’s warranted. The release announced Oxford’s coveted Word of the Year to be none other than the now ubiquitous Unfriend, which in and of itself is no matter of contention. The problem is how [...]
After rolling out their lackluster new retweet feature not but one day ago, Twitter today announced that it’s been “temporarily disabled.” According to Twitter, they’re simply working on “a few problems” that have occurred during the rollout. Twitter: Here’s Your Problem Nobody likes your failed feature. The fix is simple, just remove it and act [...]
Responsible reporting starts with what you choose to report, and turning something as toxic as Facebook games into high-traffic news is beyond ridiculous. Slow days happen, but there are better things to talk about than this garbage.
[UPDATE] Richard Barley, Community Manager for TweetDeck, was kind enough to stop by and clarify the issue last night, via comment. He made assurances that TweetDeck servers are secure, and suggested that the likely culprit here is in fact Brizzly. Apparently, in enacting their own list compatibility, Brizzly caused pre-existing groups to update back on [...]
This week has been utterly ruined by the uproarious debut of Twitter’s new Lists feature, and if you can’t already tell — I don’t like them. Here’s the issue with lists: They’re unnecessary. A Twitter list is nothing more than a group column in Tweetdeck or Seesmic Desktop. Only, these are meant to be public, [...]