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Twitter’s New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In
8:50AM Ryan Tate | Twitter today announced it will prompt users to post by asking “What’s happening?” rather than the old “What are you doing?” We asked a prominent linguist if this means anything. Turns out it does: Twitterers are no longer such loners. More »
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2:15PM Adrian Chen | Is there anything Neil Patrick Harris can’t do? Tonight, the singer/dancer/actor/magician/internet video sweetheart has proved himself to be a master Twitter-er as well. Quick, somebody invent a new technology that this man can use to entertain us.
Neil Patrick Harris’ First Tweet Is A Doozy
2:15PM Adrian Chen | Is there anything Neil Patrick Harris can’t do? Tonight, the singer/dancer/actor/magician/internet video sweetheart has proved himself to be a master Twitter-er as well. Quick, somebody invent a new technology that this man can use to entertain us.
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Hollywood Invents Celebrity Twittering For Dollars
12:37PM Richard Rushfield | When show business spots a corner of public consciousness not colonised by product placement and paid endorsements, its experts spring to work to take care of that. More »
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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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Levi’s Johnston Watch: Manhood Challenges And Shoot Details
9:04AM Brian Moylan | It’s been quite a day for Levi Johnston. First Page Six speculated about the size of his wang, and now he is furious with NBC over a skit Conan and William Shatner did based on his fake Twitter account. More »
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What Twitter Does To Your Brain
6:36AM Ryan Tate | It’s not the freak occurrence it might seem, Twitter’s co-founder submitting to psychoanalysis before a New York crowd. No, this sort of Jungian free-associating is what microblogging was expressly designed to do. 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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12:10PM Jess McGuire | On Friday I asked if anyone had any information as to the identity of the international musician who fell through the roof of a Brunswick warehouse has been revealed! It was Trent from the New Zealand band Gatherer!
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The Identity Of The International Musician Who Fell Through A Roof Has Been Revealed!
12:10PM Jess McGuire | On Friday I asked if anyone had any information as to the identity of the international musician who fell through the roof of a Brunswick warehouse has been revealed! It was Trent from the New Zealand band Gatherer!
Wait, who? 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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