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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    05/20/09

    In reply to Today's Twitter Hysteria Says Patrick Swayze Has Died; He Didn't
    @Shadowlayer: OMG jobs is teh dead, the guy next to me just heard; he's making a vlog about it
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    Image of Fishnets and Cigarettes Fishnets and Cigarettes
    05/19/09

    In reply to Today's Twitter Hysteria Says Patrick Swayze Has Died; He Didn't
    He's gonna die one of these days. Why is everyone so surprised all of a sudden?
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    05/19/09

    In reply to Today's Twitter Hysteria Says Patrick Swayze Has Died; He Didn't
    alive, sure. well? no.
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    Image of JodaThongnopnua JodaThongnopnua
    05/19/09

    In reply to Today's Twitter Hysteria Says Patrick Swayze Has Died; He Didn't
    Hey guys, I'm a desk editor over at BNO News. We heard about the story from Kiss FM 97.9 in Jacksonville, FL around 11:22 at this link: [www.979kissfm.com]


    They have completely gotten rid of any trace of the story, but that is where we spotted the original source. We have a track record of being the best news source on Twitter, often beating out @cnnbrk, @cnn, or any other account. We're a credible group, and we strive for extreme accuracy. We will *not* report that a story is true unless we confirm it independently.



    Hope this clears up any misunderstandings. Thanks guys.

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    Image of JoshRogan JoshRogan
    05/19/09

    @JodaThongnopnua: "We will *not* report that a story is true unless we confirm it independently."


    So, who did you independently confirm the Swayze death report with?

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    05/19/09

    @JoshRogan: Harry the Rabbit confirmed it.

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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    05/19/09

    In reply to Today's Twitter Hysteria Says Patrick Swayze Has Died; He Didn't
    Can I get my fucking gold star now, please?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/19/09

    @mattchew03: Not with that attitude buddy.
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    Image of BrianVan BrianVan
    05/19/09

    In reply to Today's Twitter Hysteria Says Patrick Swayze Has Died; He Didn't
    Fallacy:

    It is so much easier to search for something stupid on Twitter and get instant results back than it is to search for stupid things on blogs/email/web, therefore people act more stupid on Twitter.


    FALSE. You act like you've never used Technorati.

    (well, most of us don't, because it works slow and hardly works)

     Reply
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    Image of Cicada Cicada
    05/19/09

    In reply to Today's Twitter Hysteria Says Patrick Swayze Has Died; He Didn't
    But what does Twitter have to say about Abe Vigoda?
     Reply
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    Image of bifteck-frites bifteck-frites
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    Sorry, world!
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    Image of TurtleWexlerKickedMe TurtleWexlerKickedMe
    05/15/09

    @bifteck-frites: No apols necessary :)
     Reply
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    Does this mean I shouldn't have tweeted that Farrah Fawcett is going to be on "Spin City"?
     Reply
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    Image of tunamelt tunamelt
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    The LAT tweet fooled me. I'm still sad.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    I thought there was something weird when about a thousand people on Facebook started cheering about this.
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    I'm not complaining but I feel like there's a few anti-Twitter posts everyday.

    what gives? All Twitter is is a better designed del.isc.ous or whatever that stupid bookmark thing was.
     Reply
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    Twitter: spurring the spread of hysteria and misinformation, 140 characters at a time.
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    Image of johnnypotatoes johnnypotatoes
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    Seems to me the LATimes twit is most at fault here.
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    Image of TurtleWexlerKickedMe TurtleWexlerKickedMe
    05/15/09

    @johnnypotatoes: Absolutely.
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    Image of TurtleWexlerKickedMe TurtleWexlerKickedMe
    05/15/09

    In reply to Twitter's Real-Time Uselessness Proven by (Mistaken) Gay Marriage Hysteria
    Honestly, I tweeted something this morning (about something completely unrelated) and it got picked up and retweeted by, at last count, 60+ people, including popular organizations. Tweets spread like wildfire.


    Lesson learned.

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    Image of MmeSosostris MmeSosostris
    05/15/09

    @BadenBaden: 60+ people? DAMN. honestly that probably just means that you are really popular and interesting.
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    Image of TurtleWexlerKickedMe TurtleWexlerKickedMe
    05/15/09

    @MmeSosostris: You're hilarious.
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    05/16/09

    @BadenBaden: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds ..
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