Did The UK Press Con A 104-Year-Old Woman Into Joining Twitter For Digg Bait? (TechCrunch)
Posted on May 16th, 2009 in News
There’s a popular story on Digg right now about a 104-year-old British woman who uses Twitter. It’s an obvious headline: ” World’s oldest Tweeter talks cuppas and casserole .” It’s Digg bait. But what’s worse is that if you examine the story closely, it looks like the UK press may have gotten the poor old lady to sign up for Twitter just for their story! The story is about how Ivy Bean uses the …
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Did The UK Press Con A 104-Year-Old Woman Into Joining Twitter For Digg Bait? (TechCrunch)
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