AP Twitter account hacked

[DaFace]

As evidence of the dangers of how fast social media moves these days...

THIS IS NOT REAL. THIS IS NOT REAL. THIS IS NOT REAL. HAVE I MADE THE POINT THAT THIS ISN'T REAL YET?

[blaise]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Which necessitates...waiting and additional confirmation. Twitter exists as an echo chamber; retweets aren't confirmation, they're parroting, and there's a crucial difference between the two.

I don't think RTs confirm anything. People RT anything, including me, and nothing I tweet is of any value.
But if a news source tweets something you can look for backup almost instantly. And really the tweet by the news source often links to an article with more substance.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Very unimaginative IMO.

Now, if it read "Obama acknowledges affair with Oprah", then thats gold.

or even further an illegitimate child

[theelusiveeightrop]

Hope Obama is OK.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by ChiefButthurt

It's bad enough that you believe half or less of what you read on the internet...now this kind of shit. Twitter=overrated facebook=overrated

Twitter is not over rated whne you follow multiple sports i love it for that! Love when players or retired players/coaches live tweet. its ****ing awesome as a person who follows multiple multiple sports.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Which necessitates...waiting and additional confirmation. Twitter exists as an echo chamber; retweets aren't confirmation, they're parroting, and there's a crucial difference between the two.

I love twitter as a way to quickly hear about news stories. I don't take it at face value, but it alerts me to start monitoring stories via more reliable sources when I might have been late to the party.