One of the curious things about Twitter is that the service doesn’t always deliver on what you’d expect from something that is endlessly talked about.
Amid the hype, celebrity endorsements and impressive growth rate (although the steep curve has flat lined of late), it’s sometimes forgotten that the company is essentially still quite small.
According to reports, [...]
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Twitter outage during Superbowl silences voices
Darren Davidson - February 8th, 2010Rubber on the radio
Darren Davidson - February 3rd, 2010Rubber Republic was up at the crack of dawn this morning to take part in a live debate about advertising on the 5 live breakfast show with Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty.
The debate centered around the Conservative Party poster campaign featuring David Cameron and a pledge not to cut NHS funding.
The poster campaign became widely [...]
Are trolls bad for our health?
Darren Davidson - January 20th, 2010According to actual scientific evidence, the internet has the power to turn normal people into complete idiots.
These idiots inhabit forums, threads, message boards, blogs and discussion groups posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic comments, with the primary intent of attacking other users, derailing the conversation or provoking an emotional response.
The internet slang terms for these creatures [...]