What connects Miley Cyrus, John Mayer, Ashton Kutcher, Chris Brown and Kanye West?
If your first thought was, “They’re all awful, awful people,” then, I’m sorry, but the answer we were actually looking for was: they’ve all, at one time or another, quit Twitter.
And, in many cases, quickly come back again. But why? What in blue blazes happened?
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Lady Gaga has long been a Twitter all star, even after being surpassed in follower count by Justin Beiber in January.
But mysteriously, she has changed her Twitter profile picture to the network’s default egg image, and updated her Twitter bio to read, “This interface has been shutdown temporarily. Please check back for updates.”
Within an hour of the announcement that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their baby “North West,” the name became a global trending topic on Twitter.
And the reaction tweets are still going strong. Some of our favorites, below.
During tonight’s LA Dodgers vs. New York Yankees game at 7:05 p.m. EST, there will be as much game-time entertainment online as on the field as 85-year-old Vin Scully takes over the Dodgers’ Twitter account for his first live tweetcast.
This weekend, people on Twitter got yet another reminder not to believe what you read on Twitter without confirming with an outside source.
Nelson Mandela has become the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax on Twitter, with the network abuzz with the false information that the former South African president had died in his sleep.
Not all tweets are created equal.
Celebrities are often paid up to six figures to send a single sponsored message. The Huffington Post put together a breakdown of how much exactly 18 different celebrities get paid to tweet.
Hey, Twitter: might want to look into this one.
Two fake Twitter accounts for former Gossip Girl star Blake Lively have each garnered tens of thousands of fans – perhaps thanks to the fact that each of them have a much-coveted verification check mark.
But, uh – both are fake, photoshopped into the account’s cover photo.
Internet Week NY is in full swing, and one of the most packed events so far was Joan Rivers’ keynote yesterday afternoon.
The mother of irreverent comedy was interviewed by Shira Lazar, the cofounder of What’s Trending, for a conversation about the Internet’s impact on comedy.
Stand-up comedian, actor and author Michael Ian Black has amassed almost 2 million Twitter followers since his first tweet pre-2010.
The Twitter early adopter is opinionated about everything from Angie Harmon’s hair to guitar solos – as well as his right to send and get paid for sponsored tweets.
Although we (still) find this incredibly weird, add these videos to the list of “things you just can’t stay away from:” A grown man on YouTube reading tweets sent by young female celebrities.
Oh and the “grown man” is comedian Nick Offerman from Parks and Recreation, so that makes the whole thing a lot less creepy than you imagined – but it’s still a big ball of uncomfortable.
And you know you’re going to watch it.
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