Archive for April, 2009


FBI Arrests Oklahoma Teabagger For Twitter Threats

A Twitter user who made threats last week that he would turn a peaceful demonstration violent was arrested on the 15th. The FBI arrested CitizenQuasar better known as Daniel Knight Hayden making him likely the first Twitter user involved in criminal prosecution as a result of Twitter activity. (via wired)

Backlash As Oprah Joins Twitter

Users blamed Oprah’s popularity for causing the site to slow down when she issued her first tweet. Estimates are that perhaps over a million new users joined the site after Oprah discussed it on her talk show. A million users is nothing more than a guess and a very rough one at that. The estimate [...]

Kutcher Becomes Twitter Millionaire

Kutcher pledged to donate 10,000 mosquito nets to the charity Malaria No More if he won, which he did. EA stepped up and added that Kutcher’s millionth follower would get a role in their next Sims release.

Twitter Traffic Explodes!

I wrote briefly about how a majority of the Twitter user base is working adults. Comscore took a closer look at the numbers and offers their thoughts on who is actually powering Twitter adoption. They should also have their own US traffic numbers sometime next week.

Flutter: The New Twitter

Twitter has been getting poked fun of left and right lately it seems.

Twitter Pro Invites Going Fast

You knew it was coming, 140 characters is so limiting. Say hello to 160 character goodness, those extra 20 characters never felt so good! Best of all it is free if you are quick enough to get an invite.

Is Twitter Turning Into MySpace?

TechCrunch has a nice guest post from Mrinal Desai on the transformation of Twitter in recent months. The article brings up some valid points which once you think about it are the very same things we saw early on with MySpace, craze for friends (followers), adoption by celebrities and the growth of fake accounts.