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Re-Tweet Redesign Helps The Rich Get Richer On Twitter
4:25AM Ryan Tate | Twitter is offering a new way to quote other people’s tweets. The new “re-tweet” feature is both less useful and more confusing than the ad-hoc system that preceded it. But that’s OK, because it bolsters rich celebrities and dot-com millionaires. More »
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Ellen Exploits Twitter’s Lists For Fun And Profit
12:37PM Ryan Tate | The “lists” feature Twitter just rolled out has been swiftly repurposed by the celebrity-industrial complex to pump up the accounts of tweeters like Ellen DeGeneres. Lists show celebrities exactly who can send them followers. And thus who to spam. More »
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Is Twitter Conspiring With Celebrities To Delete Your Mean Tweets?
3:29AM Ryan Tate | Blogger Mickey Kaus likes to send nastygrams to famous people, on Twitter, when the mood strikes him. And yet these messages sometimes disappear from Twitter search, despite the microblogging service’s well-established technical competence. Mere coincidence — ha! — or conspiracy? More »
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British Twitter Lord’s Email Slip
4:32AM Ryan Tate | Actor Stephen Fry, the Oprah Winfrey of British Twitterers, accidentally tweeted his personal email address and is reportedly besieged with unsolicited e-mails. Oh, hell’s teeth. Arse, poo and widdle! More »
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Who’s Abandoning Twitter?
2:11AM Ryan Tate | Celebrity Twittering seems to be at an all-time high, which means it’s time to brace for the inevitable comedown, when the fickle famous give up microblogging forever. Oprah Winfrey, ever the trend setter, is leading the charge. More »
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Internet Somehow Survives Michael Jackson Funeral
7:10AM Ryan Tate | Sure, the Department of defence designed it to be military-grade rugged, but no one really knew if the internet could handle a memorial service webcast of a pop megastar. Oh, it was brutal. From a network engineering perspective. More »
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Sarah Silverman On Twitter (For Real This Time)
4:25PM Ryan Tate | Six months ago, someone made a fake Sarah Silverman Twitter account. But this seems like the comedian’s work, what with all the facetious Jewish jokes and invented profanities. (Click for highlights.) More »
