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61 unusual facts about twitter


2012 Karnataka video clip controversy

The public sought information about this event using Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

A Hero A Fake

On June 24, 2011, the band announced via Twitter that they had finished tracking the first batch of new songs.

Ayeah Games

The game uses an algorithm that tracks news volume from Twitter and Facebook to determine how many points each celebrity is worth every day.

Basking in reflected glory

Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites have increased BIRGing with popular brands, as it allows everyone to post their affinity for or their associations with popular companies, media, businesses, etc.

Bennett Masinga

Former Mamelodi Sundowns teammate Zane Moosa took to Twitter to mourn with his tweet reading "Eish, what a sad way to start the weekend. The passing of Bennett "Loverboy" Masinga, what a player! Robala ka kgosto Bennito".

Bobbi Eden

During the 2010 World Cup, Eden attracted media attention after her 28 June Twitter announcement, in which she promised to provide oral sex for all of her Twitter followers if the Netherlands team won the World Cup.

Brian Cashman

During 2013, Cashman was involved with a tweet that Alex Rodriguez composed on Twitter.

Calloway's Nursery

Today, the company not only advertises in traditional mediums such as newspaper, radio, and television, but also distributes direct mail, places online ads, and participates in various media such as MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Canadian online media

The Canadian service would include MLSE, UFC, Vevo, Rogers on Demand, Telus OPtik, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, MSN Canada and the involvement of other companies.

Centre for School Design

The Centre's work will be coordinated by a central website that takes and passes feeds through to a range of social media applications including Google Maps, Flickr, Twitter and other content management tools.

Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

The network exists virtually using the Facebook and Twitter platforms as well as a privately owned web site to communicate and assist its supporters.

Content curation

The technology of curation can also allow for the creation of online newspapers or magazines (see paper.li or scoop.it) or pages like Storify, which lets the user create stories or timelines using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Death of Sammy Yatim

In a tweet that day, the SIU said it opted to arrest Forcillo at a secret location because death threats had been made against him on social media.

Demetrius Crawford

Crawford took to Twitter where he send out this video to different teams specifically the Saskatchewan Roughriders hoping to gain interest.

Eric Brady

In mid August, Kristian Alfonso posted a picture on Twitter of herself, Vaughan and a few co-stars, with Vaughan wearing a clerical collar which immediately led to speculation that the character of Eric had become a priest.

Gregory Krumbock

Gregory Krumbock has been noted as one of the top 25 politicians to follow on Facebook and Twitter.

Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, 2014

August 5, 2011: After a Twitter dispute between Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford, the literary figure accepts an offer from Bratina and the Spectator to visit the city, praising the development of the arts community in Hamilton's downtown.

Heath Herring

In September 2011, responding to a question asked via Twitter, UFC President Dana White commented that Herring "...retired after the Lesnar fight".

Het Strijkijzer

Measuring 19x14 metres (62x46 feet), this LED display features Twitter messages, photos of local events, advertisements and, regularly, the time.

Hitchcon

There was also a live Twitter feed from the convention, written in the style of the character Marvin the Paranoid Android.

I.TV

i.TV’s financial backers include venture capital firms Union Square Ventures (backer of Twitter, Tumblr and other companies), RRE Ventures, Rho Ventures, Time Warner Investments, DIRECTV, and others.

Investment in social media

As such, some business owners tend to count how many Facebook fans and Twitter followers they have or how many retweets and likes they enjoy.

Jeanne Cooper

“Mom passed this morning,” her son, Corbin Bernsen, said on Twitter the day of her death.

Juan Carlos Osorio

After coming to terms with Once Caldas,on November 15 Roberto Henaine, vice president of Puebla, announced via Twitter that Juan Carlos Osorio would be taking up the vacant manager spot left by Sergio Bueno.

Karnataka Lions

RVR16 is the Digital Partner who manages the Social Media Marketing, facebook, Twitter, official website and other Digital marketing forms.

Knoebels Amusement Resort

According to Knoebels Twitter account, the Mini Golf was eight inches under water, as well as at the door of the Country Store.

Like Minds

Ryan Brown of SESKU also revealed via Twitter in mid-2013 that he starred as an extra in this film.

Lucas Gaúcho

After the rescision, Lucas signed a 4-and-a-half contract with La Liga club Espanyol Barcelona, according to his Twitter.

Mark Pfeifle

In July 2009, Pfeifle created a stir in the online and tech community when he called for Twitter to be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize for its assistance in helping the people of Iran.

Matoaca High School

A chant and Twitter hashtag created by the Matoaca Warrior Student Body in the 2013-2014 School Year.

MessageNet systems

PageStation — An advanced text messaging software system that provides real-time text messaging to pagers, PDAs, Twitter, and cell phones, from any authorized computer on a network.

Michael van Poppel

Van Poppel ran a popular Twitter-based news service called BreakingNewsOn from May 13, 2007 until December 1, 2009, at which time it had nearly 1.5 million followers.

Milan Lalkovič

He has developed a cult following on his Twitter account where he frequently makes humorous remarks, mostly related to the game.

Natasha Hunt

Hunt communicates with fans via the use of Twitter and her inspirations in rugby have been the former England Women's captain Sue Day and Susie Appleby.

North Shore Navigators

On February 8, 2012, the Futures Collegiate Baseball League announced via Twitter that the Navigators would be switching leagues from the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

Pablo César Aguilar

On 18 December 2013 Aguilar was officially named as Club América's new signing, with the announcement being made on the club's Twitter account.

Paul Chaloner

On 21 April 2010 Chaloner posted this on his Twitter feed: Currently looking for a new job, sadly :( .

Peace of Mind Campaign

This message can then be posted to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter and Bebo.

Princess of Gossip

Each character has their own online "life" complete with Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts.

Purple People

The group originated in October 2009 when a group of bloggers organised demonstrations using word of mouth, Twitter and Facebook, culminating in No Berlusconi Day on 5 December 2009.

Quade Cooper

In September, Cooper tweeted infamous comments regarding his thoughts on the Wallabies set-up, which included criticising the defensive style-of-play and lack of player input under coach Robbie Deans, inadequate training and recovery facilities, and a "toxic environment".

Real Sangria

Reál Sangria also has an ongoing social networking campaign on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.

Robert Alai

In the wake of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Alai was praised, both by local and international media for his timely and creative use of social media, mainly Twitter, to provide updates of what was happening at the mall.

Ryan Stig

In October 2013, Stig became embroiled in controversy when he made homophobic public comments on Facebook and Twitter disparaging gay marriage.

Samira Ibrahim

In early March 2013, Ibrahim came under criticism after Samuel Tadros, writing in The Weekly Standard, accused her of posting anti-Semitic and anti-American statements on her Twitter account.

Shin Soohyun

As the leader, Soohyun apologized through his official Twitter account.

Social shopping

Others implement the Twitter API, allowing their users to share content through tweets.

Sony Ericsson Elm

The phone also came with social media widgets built in, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

Teeshirtsdirect.com

teeshirtsdirect.com makes significant use of social networking sites in their advertising, with facebook, Twitter and myspace playing extensive roles in this strategy.

The Billericay School

In 2011 the school received media attention when a local newspaper called the Billericay Gazette printed indiscreet Twitter comments made by Charlotte Berry who was a Deputy Headteacher at the school.

The Motorship

A weekly e-mail newsletter is sent to registered recipients, and news headline entries are available through Twitter.

Type Control

According to Lee's official Twitter, the album includes a total of nine tracks, with one outtake featured ("In the Booth").

Use of social media in the Wisconsin protests

Some of the tweets have even been looked at as actively negotiating with the Unions by some writers.

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With the use of his blog and Twitter account he was able to get the message out in attempt to convince other law firms to do the same.

WeeMee

A WeeMee is an avatar, it can be exported to Facebook, Twitter and e-mail.

West Ridge Mall

Recently, the mall has added features to bring it into the digital age, such as Free Wi-Fi, a Twitter page, a Facebook page, and various QR codes spread around the mall.

Westland High School

As of January 8, 2013, Westland has a rivalry with Upper Arlington after a fierce anti-Upper Arlington Twitter campaign spearheaded by Westland PR representative, @EZTrav.

Westminster motorcycle parking charge

On 16 April 2010, local councillor Daniel Hamilton (for the Englefield Green East ward of the borough of Runnymede), having had his journey to work delayed by half an hour by a No To Bike Parking Tax rush-hour "go slow", called the demonstrators "tossers" on his Twitter account.

WorcesterScene

Further integration with social media technologies, like Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare, has allowed WorcesterScene to more closely connect its visitors with the businesses they are searching for on the web site.

XTG Extreme Game

XTG Extreme Game promotes their products in magazines and signs in different countries and in traditional and not traditional venues on the internet, such as blogs and social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

Zach Churchill

On July 24, 2012, Churchill caused a controversy when he posted on Twitter that former NDP leader Jack Layton would be disgusted the way the provincial NDP are operating in Nova Scotia and described Premier Darrell Dexter as making Prime Minister Stephen Harper, "look like a saint".


Andrew McCutchen

McCutchen gathered 108,147 votes in a week of fan voting via Twitter and Facebook, while New York Yankees' pitcher, CC Sabathia, came in second place with 89,054 votes.

Åsa Wahlquist

Wahlquist's speech was attended by academic Julie Posetti, whose tweets on Twitter suggested Wahlquist found the editorial direction of The Australian Editor-in-Chief Chris Mitchell "prescriptive" and stifling.

Becky G

-- odd spelling supported by source, twitter account name, etc. --> Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known better by her stage name Becky G, is a Mexican-American hip hop singer, rapper, songwriter and dancer from Inglewood, California.

Bruno Bouchet

Bruno was fired in July 2012 following insensitive comments he made on Twitter about the 2012 Aurora shooting.

Caroline Overington

Overington continues as a journalist and columnist for the The Australian, and maintains a web blog and a Twitter site at that publication.

Carrie Davis

She left the BBC on Thursday 1 March 2012 after taking redundancy and stated on Twitter that she was unable to commit to the BBC Sport move to Salford, due to family reasons.

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On 25 November 2009, Carrie mentioned on Twitter that she had ripped her skinny jeans trying to get out of the car.

Choc ice

On 14 July 2012 the term 'choc ice' became the focus of a racism row when footballer Rio Ferdinand seemingly endorsed a tweet by a Twitter user who had used the term pejoratively in criticising fellow footballer Ashley Cole, suggesting Cole was figuratively "black on the outside, white on the inside".

Crowd computing

Major sites like Facebook and Twitter rely on the crowd to power the translation that spreads their service around the globe.

Death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen

Dutch politician Geert Wilders tweeted that Moroccans were responsible for the violence in youth football, and the large number of immigrants in Nieuw-West was a factor in discussions after the attack on Nieuwenhuizen.

Dezzolla Shimane

From March 2012, the club also launched an official Twitter account.

Fitzrovia News

Like many hyperlocal media the Fitzrovia News makes extensive use of freely available digital media: blog software Wordpress and social media Twitter, Facebook; location-based social-networking Foursquare; and visual media Flickr and YouTube.

Gay Nigger Association of America

In January 2013, the GNAA collaborated with imageboard 4chan to start a "#cut4bieber" trend on Twitter, encouraging fans of pop singer Justin Bieber to practice self-harm.

Hashtag

Chloe Sladden, Twitter's director of media partnerships, identified two types of television-formatted usage of hashtags: hashtags which identify a series being broadcast (i.e. #SunnyFX) and instantaneous, "temporary" hashtags issued by television personalities to gauge topical responses from viewers during broadcasts.

Jamie Kilstein

The performance was lauded over Twitter by writers such as The Nations Chris Hayes, Glenn Greenwald, and Remi Kanazi.

Joanna Brooks

Politico named her one of 2011's "50 politicos to watch" for her Twitter feed @askmormongirl.

Johnny Zacchara

The show's newly installed executive producer, Frank Valentini later took to Twitter himself to dispel the rumors of Barash's firing.

Jung Il-woo

He actively communicates with fans around the world through social networking websites like Twitter, Facebook, WeiBo and me2day.

Kelly King Anderson

Anderson's Twitter account in 2012 was rated by Evan Carmichael on his list of "Top 100 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur experts to follow".

Kevin Systrom

He got his first taste of the startup world when was a member of the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford University which led to his internship at Odeo, the company that eventually gave rise to Twitter.

Koprol

Founder Satya Witoelar states as he and co-developers Fajar Budiprasetyo, Leo Laksmana, and Daniel Armanto developed the site, they took inspiration from a variety of competing foreign social networks, including Plurk, Twitter, Lifestream, and Brightkite.

Legendary Child

On June 2, 2012, actress Alexa Vega announced via Twitter that she would be starring in the video and 2 days later, director Casey Patrick Tebo tweeted that Vega's scenes had just finished filming.

Limmy

He is also a prolific user of the social networking applications Twitter and Vine.

Loveland Chamber of Commerce

The Loveland Chamber actively uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to start conversations and inform investors about events, business trends, legislative affairs and community news.

Mingle Media TV Network

Mingle Media TV Network publishes their content through its web syndication network, including iTunes, Blip.TV, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, DailyMotion, Roku, Boxee and via the Stickam.com mobile app.

My Windows Phone

Contacts - Automatic synchronization of all contacts in the People hub to their Microsoft account, including contacts added from other connected services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Sina Weibo.

OOF! EP

The shows were last-minute affairs and were announced via the group's Twitter mere hours before they happened.

Park Jung-geun

He received a suspended 10-month prison term for violating South Korean National Security Law by resending North Korean tweets.

Sea Cliff, San Francisco

Some of the neighborhood's more famous current and past residents include Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner, photographer Ansel Adams, comic actor Robin Williams, actress Sharon Stone, actor Eugene Levy, actor Cheech Marin, Gap founder Donald Fisher, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett.

Seán Gallagher

Out of the election candidates, he had the highest number of followers on Facebook and second highest on Twitter.

Shit My Dad Says

In November 2009, CBS announced that it was developing a television sitcom based on the Twitter feed, which would star William Shatner.

Social media and suicide

Demi Moore and her followers intervened to stop a suicide that had been announced on Twitter.

Spring of a Twenty Year Old

On May 1, 2012, IU posted a hand-drawn picture of a peach to her official Twitter account, which she described as "racy".

Squashed Nigga

Chris Lilley announced on his Twitter page that "Squashed Nigga" was available for download in the iTunes Store in the United States on 7 February 2012, less than a week before the Angry Boys finale was set to air in the United States.

Squeaky Wheel Media

The digital agency also develops in-house projects such as a micro-site, "Love For The Cup", which was built during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, analyzed Twitter feeds and would determine a winner of a match-up based on how much they were tweeted about.

Take Back The Tech!

For example, the use of social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to track a person's activity and movements, the use of spyware to monitor a person's computer and Internet use, and the use of global satellite positioning devices to track a person's physical movement and location, usually by a domestic violence abuser.

The Fallen Drakes

According to The Fallen Drakes' Facebook & Twitter, the band are presently writing and recording their debut album with Ger McDonnell back in the producers chair alongside new addition; Philip Magee (The Script).

The Janoskians

The Janoskians have achieved teenage pop fandom with several social networking services, such as their Facebook, Twitter and Keek pages, and even fanfiction.

Tony Gurley

In March 2011, Gurley announced via Twitter that he filed organizational papers to run for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 2012.