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68 unusual facts about Twitter


2012 NLL season

The Philadelphia Wings announced that during the February 12 game against the Buffalo Bandits, the Wings players will wear special jerseys with their Twitter user names instead of their last names.

A Hero A Fake

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

Artis Lazdiņš

According to fkjelgava.lv Lazdiņš likes cinema and also has a Twitter account.

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.

Bach Technology

This could include social media, like Twitter, videos or information, including tour dates and song lyrics.

Basking in reflected glory

Furthermore, the ability for everyone to follow their favorite athletes, actors, etc. on Facebook or Twitter allows for a closer connection to and knowledge of these celebrities, therefore leading to more BIRGing.

Brian Cashman

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

Brown Estate

Subsequent vintages of this wine continue to bear the #brownzin hashtag, an homage to Twitter, which has been a source of inspiration and support as Brown Estate has built its reputation as a wine industry leader in the realm of social media.

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.

Many news writers are beginning to have an active Twitter presence to communicate with their audiences.

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.

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

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.

Danny Gabbidon

Gabbidon is one of a number of Premier League players that use Twitter to communicate with fans.

David Remnick

In May 2009, Remnick was featured in a long-form Twitter account of Dan Baum’s career as a New Yorker staff writer.

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.

Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor

According to Emerald's Twitter account, the album's name refers to a figurative term in the film industry.

Dezzolla Shimane

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

Environmental mega conferences

Rio+20 (to be held in 2012) has websites to which major groups and stakeholders can contribute and use to get involved in the preparatory process as well as links with Facebook and Twitter.

Forex signal

Due to the timely nature of signals, they are usually communicated via email, website, SMS, RSS, tweet or other relatively immediate method.

Friedhelm Hillebrand

This subsequently became the basis for the 140 character limit now used by Twitter.

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".

House show

Punk was fined for the incident and later apologized on Twitter.

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.

John Noseworthy

On June 22, 2011, John Noseworthy announced via Twitter that he was retiring from his position as Auditor General effective July 31, 2011, 13 months before his 10 year term as Auditor General was up.

José Martí MAST 6-12 Academy

The school connects with its students through social media outlets such as Twitter, Edmodo, and personal teacher websites.

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.

Juan Fernando Quintero

In mid May 2013, Quintero posted on Twitter 'good bye and thank you' to Pescara, hinting that he was to leave in the Italian side in the summer.

Julie Posetti

Posetti achieved notoriety as the subject of Australia's first threatened Twitter lawsuit however there has so far been no writ issued.

Julie Posetti is an Australian journalist and academic best known as the subject of a threatened lawsuit because of statements she reported via Twitter.

Karnataka Lions

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

Larry Coon

In July 2011 Sports Illustrated named Coon to their Twitter 100 which lists the 100 most essential people in the sports world to follow on Twitter.

Like Minds

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

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.

Masmou3

On 17 August, the Masmou3 campaign was started on Twitter.

Mass surveillance in China

In February, Twitter disclosed that the accounts of some 250,000 subscribers had been the victims of attacks from China similar to those carried out on the New York Times.

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.

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

She supports having the French government force Twitter to filter out hate speech that is illegal under French law, such as speech that is homophobic.

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.

Olga Korbut

She watched the gymnastics competitions in the North Greenwich Arena, providing commentary by way of Twitter and Facebook.

OOF! EP

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

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.

Park Jung-geun

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

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.

Real Sangria

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

Richard Sam Bera

Watching the athlete procession from the stands during the closing ceremony, he reminisced an Olympic moment from his Twitter: "Seeing all those athletes down there, abit emotional for me. I used to be down there".

Seán Gallagher

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

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.

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".

Suicide among LGBT youth

Cyber bullying involves abusive text messages or messages of the same nature on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks.

Takashi Taniguchi

On December 28, 2012, fellow voice actor Toshio Furukawa announced Taniguchi's death through Twitter after receiving the news through Office Ōsawa.

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.

TouchMaster

Yet another sequel, Touchmaster 4: Connect, which allows players to post high scores to Facebook and Twitter, was released in 2010.

United Church of God

UCG states: "The mission of the Church of God is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God in all the world, make disciples in all nations and care for those disciples." Emphasis is consequently placed on the proclamation of "The Kingdom of God" to the general public, which is accomplished through various media, ranging from Twitter and Youtube to more traditional forms such as radio, print and television.

Venrock

On July 19, 2013 it was announced that Daniel Loreto, engineering lead for Twitter and Google is joining Venrock as EIR.

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.

Will McCants

His message on Twitter saying Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad, had posted a claim of responsibility for the attacks was given prominence in The New York Times, though he expressed skepticism about the authenticity of the claim and The Times noted it could not be confirmed.

Willie O'Dea

However, Green Party Chairman Senator Dan Boyle wrote on Twitter, that he has "no confidence" in O'Dea and declaring him to be "compromised".

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.


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.

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.

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.

Conversocial

Companies and organizations such as Barclaycard, GoDaddy, American Greetings, Groupon, Hertz, Ogilvy, Sephora, Tesco, University of Phoenix, Tupperware, Waitrose, and JackThreads use Conversocial's Software as a Service to manage the flow of customer service enquiries and discussions on Facebook and Twitter.

Danny Amendola

In the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Amendola pledged on his Twitter feed to donate to a recovery fund $100 for every pass he catches during the 2013 season, and $200 for every dropped pass.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pi in the Sky

The planes deliberately flew over the headquarters of NASA Ames, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Apple.

Pontiflex

The startup found itself in the spotlight when the Vatican announced Pope Benedict XVI’s Twitter handle as @pontifex.

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".

Ryan Stig

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

Salute to the Streetz

On May 9, 2012 Savion Saddam released 4 tracks including the intro "Salute" off the album via his official Twitter account.

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.

SharePoint Dashboard

Popular Marketing and Social Media applications include Facebook, Google Analytics, Internet Marketing, and 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.

Sidney, Texas

The school's official Twitter account is @SidneyISD which is operated by star basketball player Alex Lara.

Sueño Electro I

It was originally announced through the band's official Twitter page, along with a redesigned band logo and concept art image.

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 Janoskians

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

Tom Cleverley

In December 2012, Cleverley's girlfriend, former The Only Way Is Essex cast member Georgina Dorsett, announced on Twitter they were expecting their first child.

Type Control

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

Virtual world framework

We are surrounded by immersive, personalized social media and technology (such as Smart Phones, Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Project Glass and augmented reality sites such as Layar).

Wabi-sabi

Jack Dorsey, the billionaire founder of Twitter and Square is known to evangelize the Wabi-sabi philosophy of design.

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.