Have not done a Trending Topics Mash for a while. So her is one today
I Have Never Used New Moon in Modern Warfare 2 on Dravid, Although #theresway2many #wherethehellyoubeen for #musicmonday Goodnight #TTMash (permalink, image)
Tag Archives: twitter
Are you a twit about trends?
With the recent death of Molly Sugden, twitter has been abuzz with tribute tweats to her. The hash tag being used is #MrsSlocombesPussy which, as you can see, displays no search results. Although, without the hash, MrsSlocombesPussy displays a list of tweets.
Are you being censored?
Although at first it looks that way, apparently it is not the case. Just a technical limitation. The search with the # is 17 characters long, and a twitter search can only deal with 16 characters. Hence the unhashed version works.
Why is twitter being spammed?
Interestingly TechCrunch picked up on this. And, with out doing any due diligence, declaired it as spam. Of course, the general public decided to correct them (and put the boot in at the same time for their sloppy checking).
So, no spamming/gaming of twitter going on here. Just a case of technical limitations and bad reporting.
One tweat for all the trends..
But all this got me thinking. How many trends can you fit into one tweat and still have a readable message?
Ok Rove, Public Enemies say Goodnight at #iranelection to Michael Jackson feeding #moonfruit to #MrsSlocombesPussy
I managed to get most of the ones listed in CT’s offending image, 7 of 10. Maybe I’ll have to try again tomorrow and see how many of the current trends I can get into the tweet. 
Government vs Internet
Unless you have been living under a rock, or have no internet connection, you will know that the Australian government is proposing to censor the internet in Austrlia.
The recent events in Iran, and people’s use of twitter, show how effective censoring the Internet in a country can be. Not very. Not without inadvertently affecting numerous other things that depend on the network infrastructure.
Maybe we need to have mandatory filters installed on all computers, just like like China? No, we already know there is an army of 16 year olds waiting to break them.
No other option then, just make accessing sites on the Office of Film and Literature Classification banned list a criminal offence.
Mr Smith goes to answer a knock at the door. Standing there are 3 burly AFP agents holding an arrest warrant.
“Good evening Mr Smith. You are under arrest for accessing sites on the OFLC banned list.”
“What?…I haven’t accessed anything illegal!… What is this about?”
“You have been accessing the web site of dentist in Queensland. Don’t attempt to deny it Mr Smith. We have logs from your ISP.
“And hand over that smart phone too. The community do not need to see any more tweets about your visits to the tuckshop.”
Putting asside the feasibility aspect for a moment. Do we really want Australia grouped with countries with such poor human rights records as Iran and China? Do we want a central regime that controlls all access to information?
Bus and car meet on George and Liverpool
On the corner of George and Liverpool streets this afternoon I noticed this altercation between a tour bus and a car. The bus driver was trying to get the car to reverse away.
Looks like the bus tried to turn into Liverpool St from the centre lane, and the car tried to undertake it.
Of course, all this is just the opinion of a untrained casual observer.
It did block traffic down one side of George street for a while.
Can’t seem to find any mention of the incident on the RTA Sydney traffic reports. Which, I find, have been usefuly turned into twitter feeds:
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