Donte DiVincenzo’s NCAA MOP performance shines light on unfortunate Twitter history
Unfortunately, searches through his Twitter account surfaced some offensive and misguided posts from when he was in high school. The digging also helps explain this bizarre interaction with a reporter from last year's NCAA tournament about the validity of his Twitter account. His account has been … Read More
Women On Twitter Are Describing Themselves The Way A Male Author Would & The Tweets Are …
OK, so sometimes Twitter is a dumpster fire, but other times it really is pure gold. March went out like a lion this year, with book nerds and writers on the platform discussing how to describe yourself like a male author would, because, let's face it, a lot of male …
Wait. What Is Happening With The Mississippi State Football Twitter Account?
Well, Looks Like the Mississippi State Football Twitter Account Isn't Working. That's Not Normal. Mississippi State, like every major university should, has a twitter account for each and every team that their athletic department fields. As such, there is a twitter account for Mississippi State football. Or, well … Read More
Man in desperate Twitter bid to reunite woman with lost ring he found on a train
A KINDHEARTED man has launched a Twitter appeal to try and track down the owner of a ring he found on a train. Darren Francis went for drinks with a in Guildford on Friday evening, before getting on the 10:55pm service to Waterloo back to his London home. Darren Francis, …
@HowsMyDrivingNY Twitter Account Hopes To Hold New York Drivers Accountable
Hundreds of people have already Tweeted at Brian Howland's new Twitter page @HowsMyDrivingNY, trying to find out more information about bad drivers. “When they see somebody doing something dangerous, parking or driving dangerously, to be able to look it up,” Howland explained. In order to … Read More
Twitter Changes Reporting Form to Include Hate Against People With Disabilities
Two months ago, Natalie Weaver called for Twitter to include hate against people with disabilities in the form users fill out when reporting offensive tweets. Weaver reported a tweet for using her daughter's image in an offensive manner. Her daughter, Sophia, has Rett syndrome and facial differences, … Read More
Top 5 April Fools Advertisements on Twitter in 2018
The popular fast food restaurant decided to sell their famous Cane's Sauce in more ways than one as an April Fools joke. Raising Cane's posted an advertisement on Twitter to unveil their brand new nail polish color, Cane's Sauce. Undoubtedly, their Cane's Sauce recipe is a hit among loyal customers, … …
A Christian woman ignorantly claimed that Jewish men dated her as an “act of defiance,” and …
Of course, Twitter did not agree with Purcell's conclusion. Some users noted that, despite Purcell's claims to be accepting of her exes' cultural backgrounds, the article uses a number of Jewish stereotypes, such as describing one of her exes' mothers as “extremely overbearing.” And some parodied … Read More
Expanding verification could slow the spread of fake news on Twitter
A recent study found that fake news spreads faster and further than real news on Twitter. This means false news reaches more people than the truth. In fact, as the study puts it, “the top 1 percent of false news cascades diffused to between 1000 and 100,000 people, whereas the …
Chrissy Teigen wins Twitter again with brutal takedown of Bill O’Reilly
Chrissy Teigen has developed quite the reputation for her humour and razor-sharp wit on social media and this time it was former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly who felt her wrath. O'Reilly took to Twitter to criticise the live NBC production of Jesus Christ Superstar where Teigen's husband John Legend …