Twitter versus CFB Quotes the Shea Patterson slander - Twitter Response
What happened?
We landed on the Moon!
Fake news!
I want to know if boulders proved to be scientific boons.
Apparently this account makes fake tweets in Photoshop. It made one to look like Shea Patterson tweeted a bunch of garbage about OSU, last year's playcalling, etc. Sadly, a bunch of morons believed and still believe it was real.
Sadly, a bunch of moron OSU and MSU fans believed and still believe it was real.
FIFY
There was no shortage of Michigan fans on this site willing to believe it as well. Concern trolling was in full effect.
Yeah, but no one here STILL believes it.
Only because they go silent when their ranting is shown to be based on bullshit.
To be fair some of us don’t twitter. I initially thought it was real, and just figured it was a sad part of today’s culture that shea was not above. Happy to be wrong
Are you saying UM fans still believe it, even though it was shown to be bullshit?
I pointed out that OSU and MSU fans are dumb for still believing the proven fake tweet to be real. Why are you arguing this, unless you are one of these dumb people?
I'm saying the people that were squawking about it haven't owned up to it and have gone silent on the matter.
Gone silent, or just realized it’s nonsense
The two aren't mutually exclusive.
Yes, yes, yes.
Oh no, oh no, oh no.
Morans
FIFY
They will still believe it's real, no matter what Twitter says. Like George Costanza said "If you believe it Jerry, it's not a lie".
There were a crapload of Michigan fans who bought it too. Go read the thread and the Twitter timelines.
I'm fairly certain you went in against Shae in the now deleted topic on the matter.
You're correct!
Of course, to be fair, he was talking about Michigan fans ...and he ain't.
I detect redundancy in your post.
I detect redundancy in your post.
Oh the irony of this double post! And username checks out.
One of those morons was ESPN. I have not seen an update yet regarding the truth of the matter.
Not surprised.
Thanks for being the only person to actually answer the question.
Keith Jackson died
GTFO!
No, I saw him playing golf at lunch.
Caesar was murdered, stabbed in the forum. Some reports claim it was by his fellow senators, including Marcus Junius Brutus, who Caesar may have identified with his last words.
"Pizza, Pizzaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuggggh!!"
I reported them too and got the same response, but the account is still up so who knows what that means.
It means that account will get a warning.
It means that account will likely avoid the risk v Michigan fans.
Twitter responds like the Canadian Navy.... “Stop, or we will ask you to stop again!”
And then apologize afterwards for yelling about it so loudly.
Blame Canada! ??
Isn't their CEO aMichigan grad?
Canada has a CEO?
Perhaps we should ask to speak to a supervisor.
As a former supervisor, I know what that supervisor is going to say - "I just stepped out for an offsite or a meeting or something. Larger point being I'm not here."
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Logged in to upvote.
Interesting.
I reported it too & didn't get any response from the Twitter admin folks.
Beef Gravy or Chicken Gravy?
Twitter makes us all dumber. Not only are there fake posts, people say stuff they would never say to someone’s face, and readers regularly overreact to things sent out. Posters get flamed for innocent statements or careless things they don’t really mean. It’s insane. While a lot of people use it responsibly, I sure don’t find the downside worth participating.
If we were on Twitter right now, I would be bashing this post and insulting you for saying it. However, on mgoblog, I certainly agree with your post.
Chicken shit
Good point, Wolverine 73, especially your observation that "readers regularly overreact to things sent out. Posters get flamed for innocent statements or careless things they don’t really mean."
But that feels familiar. Where have I seen that kind of overreaction before?
Twitter as a method of news curation or information distribution isn't fundamentally problematic - or at least not moreso than anything else on the internet IMO. As a way to get breaking news or real-time information it can be quite powerful and useful in some contexts.
Twitter problems aren't new or unique online. Look at Maizen. Look at the comments on YouTube Videos or MLive articles. Look at misinformation in any corner of the web. The problem is the users, same as anywhere.
We don't want to read the article or the book, we just want the headline. We don't want to understand context, we want the inflammatory quote. We think our opinions on all manner of topics of which we are under or uninformed are RIGHT and important. We're fine with disrespecting and dismissing other peoples' perspective without wanting to consider them first. Anonymity gives us armor and we will die on any hill on any topic regardless of what it is because FUCK YOU that's why.
/endrant