The Daily Show’s Twitter apparently hacked. Looks like it was hacked for political reasons. Screenshots here for posterity. Here’s the account apparently taking credit. Apparently the account was hacked last week, too. (ht Matt)
EDIT: Looks like thee other Viacom accounts got compromised — @ColbertReport, @ComedyCentral and @Spike_TV. Looks coordinated. EDIT 2: Also, the tweets — which are identical on each account — got sent via HootSuite. Is it possible that the accounts are connected? Hm. EDIT 3: Notexactly points out another Viacom account, @Warriors_Den, also got hacked.
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Tweets from kids trying to use Wikipedia for their homework—and failing. SOPA!
[h/t gangster curator Katie Notopoulos]
We knew it was gonna happen. It’s totally satisfying, right?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzcrtxnzC1qzs5cqo1_500.png)
Tweets from kids trying to use Wikipedia for their homework—and failing. SOPA!
We knew it was gonna happen. It’s totally satisfying, right?
“Koobface” sounds like the cyberbully cousin of Scooby Doo. You might have been a victim of the Koobface gang. This Russian cybergang is responsible for viruses that spread through Facebook and other social network sites. Technically, none of the members are under investigation by law enforcement; it’s hard to prosecture people that you can’t find. Recently, the group has been “checking in” on Foursquare, completing their location with coordinates and pictures. With more and more information being leaked about the group, perhaps citizens, companies and governments will band together to help shut this group down — but even if they finally do, don’t click on anything you don’t trust. source
So, Michelle Obama joined Twitter today. And out came the trolls. Don’t click if you value humanity, because you may not when you’re done reading. And props to BuzzFeed for leaving on the names in case anyone wants to call out these idiots who think the First Lady is fat.
Just to give everyone their fair airtime, here’s Google’s response to Twitter’s response to Google’s announcement about Search+. Naturally, this was posted to Google+:
We are a bit surprised by Twitter’s comments about Search plus Your World, because they chose not to renew their agreement with us last summer (http://goo.gl/chKwi), and since then we have observed their rel=nofollow instructions.
As far as I know, this is the first time that Google (or Twitter) has publicly given any details as to why the tweet search deal was not renewed — “they chose not to renew their agreement with us”, which reads suspiciously like “fuck you, Twitter”.
I’ll ask Twitter to comment on Google’s response to Twitter’s response to Google.
[via Mathew Ingram on Twitter]
Switching gears, it appears Google and Twitter are fighting in public. We felt that face-slap that is Google’s post from way over here.
Rupert Murdoch tweet-gaffes, day three: This isn’t even funny anymore, it’s sad. He’s really not having a lot of luck with this whole Twitter thing.
Deleted Rupert Murdoch tweet, via Mediaite.
This is the second deleted tweet from Rupe. The first appeared to be a search for Alan Sugar that he tweeted by accident.
» A precedent-setting case? For many startups, Twitter followers are starting to become the lingua franca of customer service. So, it’s fascinating to see how cases like this could set an example as things go forward. “This will establish precedent in the online world, as it relates to ownership of social media accounts,” noted NYC intellectual property lawyer Henry J. Cittone. “We’ve actually been waiting to see such a case as many of our clients are concerned about the ownership of social media accounts vis-á-vis their branding.” Which way should the courts decide in this case, anyway?
Happiness is trending downward. Great. After studying the Twitter accounts of 63 million users for 33 months, science tells us that we’re not using as many happiness keywords. Users seem to reach their peak happiness on and around holidays and the weekends; happiness “plummets” on Mondays and Tuesdays. All in all, people shouldn’t be using Twitter as their go-to source of human emotions; do they even count Sockington? source
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In which people fell asleep during religion class.
Siri, who’s winning this debate?Siri: “There are 7 hot dog stands near you. Here’s the directions.”#iowadebate #foxdebate
— Joe (@KDX125) December 16, 2011
Picking up from where Herman Cain left off, Rick Santorum quotes from the “Gummi Bears” theme song. #FoxDebate
— ShameGravy (@FredSeton) December 16, 2011
Waiting for the Fox News panel to announce that the format of the final hour of debate will be modeled on “American Gladiators” #iowadebate
— Zac Bertschy (@ANNZac) December 16, 2011
When Rick Perry says, “I’ll be really honest with ya,” there’s a pretty good chance he’s about to lie.#iowadebate
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) December 16, 2011
Starting to think Rick Perry is running for SportsCenter anchor. #iowadebate
— Andy Levy (@andylevy) December 16, 2011
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