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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:12 AM Original message |
#FuckYouWashington Hashtag Going Crazy On Twitter |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. oh, yah |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. How does that damned thing work? |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. me too |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. @ is a member. # denotes a topic. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. But how do you DO it? How do I make a comment that will be seen |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Simply make a comment then include #fuckyouwashington. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thank you. And if I want to start my own # topic? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You can put a hash tag in front of anything you like and tweet it. And you are welcome! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. ...does it have anything to do with "tubes"? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You need to pick people you want to follow first, otherwise you |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Excellent, Sabrina. Thanks! |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. the @ goes to that person's twitter page, the # becomes a searchable term |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The difference is ... |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Very helpful, thank you, Tx4obama! I think I've got it now. Thanks everyone. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. It's like magnets. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. looks good |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. ... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. Apparently, Twitter has put a rate limit on #fuckyouwtashington but Trendsmap |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Global screen capture: |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I wonder what it looks like over |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. This: |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Looks like Pakistan has Twitter blocked. nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I noticed that, too. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. And Nairobi. What's up with that? nt |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. what is a rate limit? and how can they do that and why would they do that? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Here you go |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. so their contention is that the same people are searching that term over and over and that is what |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Probably not |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. oic! thanks. i don't go on twitter much. thanks for the info. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. Self-delete. Superfluous post. n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. I hope it makes the news |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Kick nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. Raw Story Article: |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. CBS Article: |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. Let's DU it! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. Being TwitterLess, |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Good one. Indeed, I've seen that one a couple of times under this # |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. Uh-oh! I just tweeted this post! |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. More: |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. DUer Luminous Animal points out Jeff Jarvis' blog explaining how this all got started: |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Thanks! |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I have been watching on trends. I asked someone what percentage |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. they were coming fast and furious last night when I was watching |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. I was surprised at the number of sites that did not report on |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. Washington Post picks up on it: |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Odd: When I google search DU for "youwashington", I get just one result . . . |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. I just did about a dozen of them. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
41. None of this will do anything. This is serious. They |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
44. Love it. I should join Twitter. |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. Didn't the Tahrir Square protests |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
49. What does it take for a topic to "trend"? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Some are suggesting changing it to #FTW |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. ? Because of the F-bomb in it? And isn't FTW For The Win? n/t |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:19 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Twitter seems to be censoring it from trending because of the F-bomb. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
51. Thanks for this... Its amazing how good it feels to see all those tweets |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
54. When I clicked on the searchtastic.com link you posted, this is the message that appeared ---> |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Both links were functioning last night. |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. The trendsmap site is fascinating. I was curious about #FYW in Australia. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. I just re-tweeted this one: |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Very, very true. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
61. I tweeted this: |
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