Archive for June 6th, 2009:
Twitter Is Going To Start Verified Accounts
Impersonation violates Twitter’s Terms of Service and we take the issue seriously. We suspend, delete, or transfer control of accounts known to be impersonation. When alerted, we took action in this regard on behalf of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. Reports this week that Twitter has settled a law suit and officially agreed to pay legal fees for an impersonation complaint that was taken care of by our support staff in accordance with our Terms are erroneous. Twitter has not settled, nor do we plan to settle or pay.
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Subscribe to the comments for this postOn Twitter, Most People Are Sheep: 80 Percent Of Accounts Have Fewer Than 10 Followers
Let’s face it, most people are sheep. It is much easier to follow than to lead, and on Twitter it is no different. A full 80 percent of Twitter accounts have fewer than 10 followers, according to an analysis of seven million Twitter accounts provided to TechCrunch by Web security firm Purewire (which operates TweetGrade). What’s more, 30 percent have zero followers.
Happy Birthday Tetris! Love, Google.
25 years ago – June 6th, 1984 to be exact – Alexey Pajitnov created a simple puzzle video game where you moved blocks around (called tetrominoes) to create horizontal lines of blocks to eliminate rows and gain points.Know what game I’m talking about yet? I’m referring to Tetris, one of the world’s most popular and best-selling video games of all time.
Facebook Used to Nail Bail Violator in DUI Case
20-year-old Erika Scoliere of Campton Hills, Illinois has been awaiting trial for reckless homicide and aggravated DUI since she was allegedly involved in a July 2007 crash that killed a motorcyclist. Now, thanks to being reckless on Facebook (and, some would argue, continued poor offline judgment), the rest of her time spent awaiting trial is about to get a whole lot more restrictive.
