About that #HereWeAre commercial: Is Twitter finally doing something about harassment?
Last night, Twitter aired a 90-second commercial during the Academy Awards, featuring an original poem written and performed by Denice Frohman, interlaid with a montage of women, ranging in age from their 20s to their 80s, including Hollywood heavyweights like Ava DuVerney and Issa Rae. Read More
Oscars scams ran wild thanks to Twitter bots
A spam campaign ran rampant Sunday night and Monday morning on Twitter, targeting celebrities who tweeted about the Academy Awards. These bot accounts are pretending to be the celebrity, with account names like @JordanPeele__ and GaIGadot____. They're gaining attention by replying to the … Read More
Macaulay Culkin blasts Oscars in Twitter spree
The 37-year-old “Home Alone” star slammed the awards show in a series of caustic tweets on Sunday. “I will be live tweeting the Oscars tonight, but I won't be watching them. WHA!?! That's crazy,” he began. “Question: Do you guys have any suggestions for what I should be doing instead …
The Shape of Water’s Best Picture Win Captivates Twitter, Facebook
The final award of the evening was also the most-discussed moment on Twitter and Facebook during the 90th Academy Awards Sunday night: The Shape of Water winning best picture. The five Oscars moments that drove the most tweets were: The Shape of Water wins best picture. Oscar Isaac, Mark … Read …
Women Slam Twitter For Hypocritical Oscars Ad About Female Empowerment
The ad features queer poet Denice Frohman performing a spoken-word poem as the faces of strong and influential women flash across the screen. Director Ava DuVernay, actress Issa Rae, Oracle executive Jennifer Renaud and Twitter's senior director of marketing and communications, Nola Weinstein, … Read More
Why Twitter’s Rehabilitation Campaign Is Destined to Fail
During Sunday night's Oscars ceremony, Twitter aired an ad spot intended to bring women “front and center”. Using the hashtag #HereWeAre, the ad featured writer and performer Denice Frohman reciting a spoken-word poem while black-and-white images of people like Ava DuVernay, Issa Rae, and … Read More
Twitter Should Have Skipped Its Female-Empowerment Oscars Ad
Twitter, like, well, most places in the world, isn't a great place to be a woman. Ask any woman who has spent some time engaging on the platform — doesn't have to be a famous woman, or a woman with a verified account, though those women will almost certainly have …
Premium Twitter feeds are for suckers
Facebook and Twitter have both pledged never to charge users a monthly fee for their basic services, partly in response to persistent hoaxes claiming otherwise. And why would they? Social media is already barely interesting enough to retain an audience for free, so what would anyone stand to gain by … …
Lidl have perfect response on Twitter to burglary incident in Tallaght
Lidl have perfect response on Twitter to burglary incident in Tallaght. The store in Tallaght was burgled and heavily damaged on Friday. Share; Comments. By. Cormac O'Shea. 09:51, 5 MAR 2018; Updated 10:27, 5 MAR 2018. What's On. The Lidl store in Fortunestown Lane, Jobstown, Tallaght, as nine … Read More
Lidl Ireland’s Twitter is back to witty business this morning after dramatic weekend
It has been a tough few days for everyone, not least Lidl Ireland and the person or people manning their official Twitter account. With the attack on the Fortunestown store, which saw the building severely damaged, and looted, on Friday and Storm Emma affecting deliveries and store access since last … …