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  • Candy Corn Oreos, Chris Brown, and Monistat

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

  • Ryan Reynolds, GoDaddy, and Pretty Woman

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

  • #EmbarrassYourBestFriend Hashtag Emerges on Twitter; Participate at Your Own Risk

    People do a lot of stupid things on Twitter, and that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Give millions of people the ability to shout any brainfart that pops into their head anytime, anywhere and you’re bound to create a culture of “Tweet before you think.”

    But today, a trending hashtag has emerged that tests the limits of friendship, and could be the cause of many a karmic retribution.

    #EmbarrassYourBestFriend has emerged, and it’s a dangerous game, people. Sure, you have a great pic from that one night your buddy had a little bit too much to drink. And yes, I’m sure it’s funny as hell. But just remember, they probably have a photo of you that’s either just as bad or worse. And I can see this escalating rather quickly.

    Just look at what can happen; you have to have some brass to start this kind of public shaming war. [NSFW]

    I think this is what everyone should be thinking right now:

  • Roddy White Tweets Apology to Fantasy Owners

    Although the Atlanta Falcons recorded an impressive opening day victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, one of the Falcons’ most popular players isn’t entirely pleased with the way the game turned out.

    Pro Bowl receiver Roddy White reeled in six catches for 87 yards in Sunday’s contest, but his failure to reach the endzone led to a rare Twitter apology to fantasy owners.

    Addressing those who may have drafted him in an early round, White tweeted that he had to get “ya’all some more points” shortly after the conclusion of the game:

    In most standard leagues, White’s performance would have netted a fantasy owner around 8 points. If the league scored points per reception, White could have scored 14 points for any fantasy team he graced (14.7 with decimal scoring). This is by no means an atrocious fantasy score, but it’s also on the low end for any receiver who thinks of himself as a top tier option.

    Athletes and Twitter don’t always mix well, as we’ve seen various instances of NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB players getting themselves into trouble on the network. Because of this, most professional leagues have instated social media guidelines that govern the use of Twitter, Facebook, and other networks during the hours surrounding games. This isn’t exactly a penalty-worthy tweet coming for Roddy White, but I’m sure there are some out there who feel that apologizing for not scoring enough fantasy points is beneath a star wide receiver.

  • Jessie’s Girl, Social Media, and Screwdrivers

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

  • Charlotte Man Threatens to Hit Obama with “Lee Harvey Oswald Swag” on Twitter, Promptly Arrested

    Threatening to kill the President of the United States is a serious offense. Threatening to kill the President of the United States on Twitter is outstandingly idiotic.

    Apparently, 21-year-old Donte Jamar Sims thought it would be good idea to announced his plans to assassinate President Obama to his 566 followers on September 3rd. The Charlotte resident tweeted a series of threats during a 15-minute period just one day before the Democratic National Convention kicked off in his city.

    According to court documents, the tweets were spotted by a Secret Service intelligence agent, who went to Sims’ home on Wednesday to interview him about the statements.

    Without further ado, here are the tweets that got Sims in trouble:

    After that tweet, one Twitter follower warned him that he “better stop tweeting that before the Feds come looking for him.” But he continued:

    After that, another user asked if he was serious. “As a heart attack,” said Sims.

    Some of his other tweets in the days following the assassination threats read “Mitt Romney for President,” “#NOBama,” “F*ck Obama,” and “Democrats getting impeached.” He did say that he respects Michelle Obama, however, and that she’s “Sexy as hell.”

    After being apprehended, Sims confessed to the tweets, saying he knew it was wrong but he was high.

    “Sims stated that he published the statements because he hated President Obama,” the Secret Service agent wrote in the affidavit. “Sims asserted that he was high on marijuana when he made the threats but that he understood what he was doing and that it was wrong.”

    If convicted, those few tweets could cost him $250,000 and five years of freedom.

    [via CNN]

  • President Obama’s Speech Sets New Political Tweets Record

    Last night in Charlotte, President Obama accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination to run for a second term. This (and a few other high-profile speeches) made the final night of the DNC the most buzzed-about night across both conventions, in terms of Twitter.

    President Obama’s acceptance speech set a new record for tweets per minute during a political moment. At the conclusion of his speech, Twitter saw 52,756 TPM concerning the President.

    Here are some of the other moments that saw spikes in TPM:

    • 43,646: “I’m no longer just the candidate, I’m the President”
    • 39,002: “I will never turn medicare into a voucher”
    • 38,597: Discussing Medicare
    • 37,694: “We don’t think government can solve all our problems…”
    • 34,572: Quips about the Olympics and “Cold War mind warp”

    By comparison, Mitt Romney only garnered 14,289 TPM at the height of his speech. Before the President spoke, the person that had seen the most Twitter buzz throughout the conventions was First Lady Michelle Obama, who saw 28,003 TPM at the conclusion of her speech.

    Former President Clinton saw 22,087 TPM, and Vice President Joe Biden scored 17,932.

    The Democrats generated more than double the Twitter buzz that the Republicans did over the course of their convention. By the end of the night, the DNC had generated over 9.5 million tweets. The RNC generated just over 4 million last week.

    To put it all in perspective and to show just how much Twitter has grown since the 2008 election: those 4 million tweets more than double the amount of tweets sent globally on election day 2008 – about ALL topics.

  • Bill Clinton, LivingSocial, and The Ring

    Bill Clinton, LivingSocial, and The Ring

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

  • Bill Clinton Impresses, But First Lady Still Tops in Twitter Buzz [DNC]

    At the bottom of the 10 o’clock hour last night, former president Bill Clinton began what was supposed to be around a half-hour speech. What he ended up giving was a 48 minute masterclass in politicking, a speech that was heavy on the policy yet still engaging. Say what you want about his politics, but it’s hard to deny the political skills of the Democratic Party’s elder statesman.

    If you were on Twitter during the speech, it felt like President Clinton broke it, right? Not only was “Bill Clinton” trending nationwide, but so was #SlickWillie, “Big Dog,” “Bubba,” and even “Arithmetic” (a nod to one of his more popular lines of the night).

    And yes, Clinton saw a huge spike in tweets per minute – 22,087 near the end. But that falls short of the buzz generated by the First Lady on Tuesday night. Michelle Obama garned a spike of 28,003 tweets per minute at the close of her weel-received speech.

    For some context, Mitt Romney’s biggest spike during his speech was 14.289 TPM.

    According to Twitter, here are some of President Clinton’s biggest moments from his speech:

    • Discussing Obama’s job record: 16,115 TPM
    • Urging the audience to vote for Obama: 15,266 TPM
    • “All in this together” statement: 15,111 TPM
    • Discussing Hillary Clinton’s role, and “blood sport” line: 14,538 TPM
    • “Takes some brass” quip: 14,393 TPM

    During the entire week of the Republican National Convention, Twitter logged a little over 4 million related tweets. The DNC has already seen 5.5 million in its first two nights.

    If you missed the speech, here it is in its entirety. Settle in, it’s a long one:

  • Club Sandwiches, Honey Boo Boo, and Bono

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

  • Michelle Obama’s Speech Nearly Doubles Mitt Romney’s in Terms of Twitter Buzz

    Ever since the kickoff of the Republican National Convention last week, Twitter’s @Gov team has been hard at work monitoring tweet buzz – mostly in the form of total tweets and spikes in tweets per minute.

    For instance, last week they told us that there were over 4 million RNC-related tweets over the course of the week – 2 million of them coming on the final night (Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, and Clint Eastwood generated quite a bit of buzz). In fact, the 2012 RNC generated more tweets before the first keynote speaker stepped up to podium than the 2008 RNC did during the entire convention.

    Now, Twitter’s saying that the first night of the Democratic National Convention has already generated over 3 million tweets.

    And it’s not just the DNC in general that’s besting the RNC in terms of Twitter buzz. Last night, Michelle Obama saw a spike of 28,003 tweets per minute at the conclusion of her speech. Mitt Romney’s biggest TPM spike during his speech was 14,289 – just barely over half of the First Lady’s.

    Other speakers last night included Mayor Julian Castro and Governor Deval Patrick, who scored TPM spikes of 11,5093 and 6,909, respectively. Last week, Senator Marco Rubio saw 8,937 TPM and Ann Romney saw 6,195.

    Why so much more buzz for the Democrats than the Republicans? One reason could be that the Democrats tend to be more enthusiastic about social media – especially when it comes to politics. A recent Pew study showed that Democrats are much more likely to use sites like Facebook and Twitter for political purposes, and liberals are more likely to use social networks in general.

    [Lead image: President Obama and the first kids watching Michelle Obama’s speech]

  • Skrillex, Snapple, and Nicki Minaj

    Skrillex, Snapple, and Nicki Minaj

  • Mitt Romney Sees 14,289 Tweets per Minute During Speech

    One convention down, one to go. Last night in Tampa, Mitt Romney accepted his party’s nomination for President on the United States, and gave a speech that was part indictment of the Obama administration and part trip through memory lane. Though Twitter users have been fervently debating the speech’s delivery and merits – one thing is for certain:

    There were a lot of Twitter users watching, on both sides of the political aisle.

    According to Twitter, Mitt Romney was responsible for the three biggest spikes in tweets per minute during the night. At a little past 11pm ET, Romney mentioned Russian President Putin, and the Twittersphere lit up to the tune of 13,278 tweets per minute. And then a few minutes laters, as the speech was coming to a close, Romney registered 14,289 tweets per minute.

    Although it was clearly Romney’s night to generate conversation, two other speakers grabbed a share of the Twitter buzz as well. Senator Marco Rubio saw a tweets per minute spike of 8,937 during his speech and Clint Eastwood received a spike of 7,044 TPM during his interview of an invisible Obama in an empty chair.

    By comparison to Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Ann Romney’s speeches seem a bit tepid in terms of reaction. They generated 6,669 and 6,195 TPM, respectively.

    In all, Twitter says that there were over 4 million RNC-related tweets over the course of the week. Yesterday, there were only 2 million – so the final day generated quite a lot of buzz. The 2012 convention had trumped the 2008 convention in terms of total tweets before the first speaker took the podium on Tuesday.

  • Jersey Shore, Pandora, and the Fresh Prince

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

    [Image via Cheezburger Network]

  • Paul Ryan’s Speech Pushes GOP Convention Tweets Over 2 Million

    On Tuesday, Twitter told us that this year’s Republican National Convention had already produced more tweets that the entirety of the 2008 convention – and it hadn’t even gotten off the ground. When the 2012 convention smashed the 2008 convention in terms of tweets, there hadn’t even been a headlining speaker yet due to the delay for Hurricane Isaac.

    If you want more proof that 2012 really is the first true social media election, here it is: Twitter has just announced that last night during Paul Ryan’s VP acceptance speech, the total tweets surrounding the convention topped 2 million.

    That’s more the six times the total tweets from the 2008 convention.

    Ryan’s speech also drew the top three spikes in tweets per minute last night, with the highest spike coming at the end. As Ryan closed his 30+ minutes speech, 6,669 tweets were sent out in 60 seconds.

    That tops the previous TPM spike, which came at the end of Ann Romney’s speech Tuesday night. When Mitt Romney came out to give his wife a kiss, tweets per minute hit 6,195.

    Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also made Twitter buzz, logging 3,961 TPM at one point. That’s the most of any Wednesday speaker outside of Paul Ryan.

  • Obama, WebMD, and Miracle Whip

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

  • Ann Romney Won the Night, According to Twitter

    After a short delay due to Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf, the 2012 Republican National Convention had its first true night of activities on Tuesday. Some of the high-profile speakers included House Speaker John Boehner, former candidate Rick Santorum, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as the headliner.

    But it was Mitt Romney’s wife Ann’s speech that seems to have made the biggest impact – if you go by the response of the Twitterverse.

    Twitter is saying that the highest tweets per minute spike of the entire night of speeches came right after Ann Romney’s speech, when presumptive candidate Mitt Romney joined her on stage for a few quick kisses. They say that tweets hit 6.195 per minute.

    Plus, Ann Romney made a huge jump in an metric called the Twitter Political Index – from a score of 45 to 83, which is the biggest increase in TPI of any last night’s speakers.

    Twitter launched their Political Index earlier this month with the help of analytics firms and polling firms. The index judges the sentiments in tweets that mention Romney or Obama (originally), to determine how positive their mentions are. It appears that Twitter has expanded their indexing to auxiliary political figures.

    For comparison, Mitt Romney has only gained 2 point in the Political Index since yesterday (Obama’s gained 1).

    Gov. Christie’s keynote speech wasn’t far behind when it came to spikes in tweets per minute. When he gave his line about a “second American century,” TPM shot up to 6,079.

    Twitter also notes the Rick Santorum’s speech garnered a lot of jokes about his abundant use of the word “hands.”

  • Tampa, GarageBand, and Gluten

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!

  • Teen Tweets about Stalker Days Before Her Suspected Murder

    It’s possible that a series of tweets could play a role in solving a brutal homicide in Gainesville, Georgia.

    16-year-old Hannah Truelove was found dead last Friday (August 24th) in the woods next to her apartment. She had only been missing for a day. Police have yet to release autopsy results, but they are willing to say that her injuries “were indicative that she died from a violent death,” and that it points to homicide.

    Truelove sent her last tweet on August 23rd, just a day before she was found dead. But it is a series of tweets made in the days leading up to her death that have piqued the interest of investigators.

    This tweet, made on August 12th and mentioning a stalker, is now part of the investigation:

    “We think at this point it’s not a random crime. We think that this was a crime that involved persons who knew each other. We have no indication it was random,” Maj. Woodrow Tripp of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office told WSBTV.

    “We have to determine what she meant by stalker,” another officer told ABC News. “A stalker to a 16-year-old might not be a stalker to what may be Georgia code official. We’re trying to determine what she meant by that.”

    Other tweets made just days prior to her death may also be relevant…

    But of course, these tweets may only sound relevant in the context of her death. Police say they are definitely looking into the possible stalker, however. Friends and random people affected by the apparent tragedy have taken to using the hashtag #heartsforhannah.

  • The 2012 GOP Convention Has Already Generated More Tweets Than the 2008 Convention

    More evidence today that the 2012 election really is the first true social media election: Twitter has announced that this year’s Republican National convention has already generated more tweets than the entire 2008 Convention.

    And this year’s party hasn’t even gotten off the ground yet. Even with a weather delay that postponed all of the opening speeches one day, Twitter users are buzzing about the 2012 Convention.

    Twitter announced this little factoid inside a blog post that highlights the creation of a new event page for the convention. Twitter recently unveiled event pages, which feature a mix of algorithmically-chosen and hand-picked tweets about an event. Twitter says they’re designed to give users a central hub for in-depth, real-time coverage and have used event pages for the recent Summer Olympics as well as earlier sporting events like NASCAR races and international soccer tournaments.

    Facebook is also making a more concerted effort to cover the election from the social angle. Their U.S. Politics and Government team is taking on both conventions this year, and the company has entered into partnership with CNN to bring election insights as well as a new Open Graph voting app to users.

    And if you’re looking for a place to watch all of the convention speeches, YouTube is live-streaming both conventions this year.

  • Snooki, GOP Convention, and Breaking Bad

    Snooki, GOP Convention, and Breaking Bad

    Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression.

    And what better way to wind-down the work day than with a selection of some of the day’s most entertaining tweets.

    Enjoy!