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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo where's that big Friday news explosion hinted at by the twitterverse last night?
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So where's that big Friday news explosion hinted at by the twitterverse last night? (Original Post)
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2017
OP
Wait for one twit to twitter a different twit who twitters other twitterers
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2017
#6
I can't believe anyone keeps posting all the random twitter alerts. Most of them BS! n/t
USALiberal
Dec 2017
#11
Haha! I have to admit I have not been surprised. Those posters all seem quiet now.
Tipperary
Dec 2017
#20
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)1. I was wondering about that myself.
LeftInTX
(25,383 posts)2. On twitterverse?
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)3. It was likely a false alarm.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)4. it's fitzmas all over again .
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)5. It will happen when it will happen.
And I'm still pretty sure it will happen.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)13. That nails it down. Thanks! n.t
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)6. Wait for one twit to twitter a different twit who twitters other twitterers
All God's Twitterers twit tweeters.
I twot I twaw a twitty tweet
11cents
(1,777 posts)7. And then describe all the twits as "sources"
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)8. Yup
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)9. The world didn't come to an end the last time that was predicted either.
Or any of the other times, for that matter.
Twits Tweet. If people listen, they'll continue to be Tweeting Twits.
Don't be a Twit. Don't Tweet. Dont' retweet, and don't post Tweets like those. That's my advice.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)10. The Twitterverse Is Really a Black Hole.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)11. I can't believe anyone keeps posting all the random twitter alerts. Most of them BS! n/t
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)12. Here's a Twitter account that might actually help.
womanofthehills
(8,718 posts)14. It's coming soon........
GusBob
(7,286 posts)15. Shhh! Can't you hear it?
It's like a mighty wind!
More like a bunch of gasbags greasing skids really
onenote
(42,714 posts)16. It saw its shadow and now we have to wait another six weeks.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)17. It will be happening in 24 business hours...
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)18. Random people on Twitter were wrong?
Im shocked! Shocked, I tell you. Just like I was shocked the other bajillion times they were wrong.
Eventually, people may realize that Twitter is NOT a legit source of news.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)19. I had to UNDO my Recs from last night
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)20. Haha! I have to admit I have not been surprised. Those posters all seem quiet now.
Last night it was all Fitzmas Eve! Such disappointment.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)21. EarlG on another thread:
I think it works something like this
Twitter personality A: "I'm hearing something big is coming! Are you hearing this, guys?"
Twitter personality B (who hasn't heard anything but wants to sound informed): "Oh yes, I'm also hearing that same thing!"
Twitter personality C (who doesn't want to be left out): "I too am hearing that something big is coming!"
Twitter personality D (who is using Twitter personality A as a source): "My sources are telling me that something big is coming!"
Twitter personality E: "My feed is lighting up with rumors that something big is coming!"
Everyone else: "Have you seen Twitter? Lots of chatter about something big coming!"
And then if something big happens within 24-48 hours everyone can pat each other on the back, and if it doesn't, nobody will remember.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9987289
Twitter personality A: "I'm hearing something big is coming! Are you hearing this, guys?"
Twitter personality B (who hasn't heard anything but wants to sound informed): "Oh yes, I'm also hearing that same thing!"
Twitter personality C (who doesn't want to be left out): "I too am hearing that something big is coming!"
Twitter personality D (who is using Twitter personality A as a source): "My sources are telling me that something big is coming!"
Twitter personality E: "My feed is lighting up with rumors that something big is coming!"
Everyone else: "Have you seen Twitter? Lots of chatter about something big coming!"
And then if something big happens within 24-48 hours everyone can pat each other on the back, and if it doesn't, nobody will remember.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9987289