Twitter volume on the most tumultuous day of the campaign | @MentionMachine
January 21, 2012 by admin
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NBC’s Chuck Todd might have summed up Thursday’s events best with this tweet:
Books about this campaign will have chapters simply titled: “January 19th”
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 19, 2012
Mitt Romney faced mounting pressure to release his tax returns as reports surfaced Wednesday night he might have assets in bank accounts in the Cayman Islands.
The Des Moines Register declared that Rick Santorum actually got more votes than Romney in the Iowa caucuses.
Rick Perry announced he would suspend his campaign in a morning news conference.
Newt Gingrich’s second wife, Marianne, said in interviews with ABC and The Washington Post that the former speaker had asked her for an open marriage.
And Gingrich exploded at moderator John King within the first few minutes of the CNN debate that night.
And yet, through it all, Ron Paul maintained his lead on the @MentionMachine leaderboard this week. We measured tweets from Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Friday at 4 p.m.
The candidates, with the exception of Santorum, saw significant surges in the volume of tweets about them, but perennial top-mention-getter Paul still had more mentions than any of the other candidates.
Paul had a relatively drama-free week compared to his remaining rivals, and recent tracking polls peg him to finish third in the South Carolina primary. But his grasp on the top spot in the @MentionMachine, as in practically every other online poll ever conducted, is firm.
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Katy Perry divorce: Singer ‘unfollows’ estranged husband Russell Brand on Twitter
January 21, 2012 by admin
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Marissa Charles
Last updated at 4:42 PM on 21st January 2012
They announced their separation less than a month ago, but it now the nail is well and truly in the coffin for Katy Perry and Russell Brand.
In a move which echoes the end of many modern relationships in the age of social media, Perry has ‘unfollowed’ her estranged husband on Twitter.
Brand’s ‘RustyRockets Twitter handle is now not included in the 83 people the singer follows on the social networking site.
Moving on: Katy Perry has ‘unfollowed’ her estranged husband Russell Brand’s Twitter account, with ‘Rusty Rockets’ not among the 83 people she follows
Making a statement: Katy, who performed in Indonesia on Thursday night, has ended she and Russell’s connection via social media
However, her former beau is still following his wife on his Twitter page, listing @katyperry among 78 people.
But the British comic last tweeted on January 5.
The couple have a flirty history on Twitter, with Brand infamously posting a picture of his wife sporting no make-up on the social networking site.
According to Us Weekly, Perry’s move to remove Brand from her Twitter is ‘unsurprising’ as the singer is only communicating with the 26-year-old via phone or email.
‘She’s limiting
those interactions,’ a source told the magazine. ‘He’s being so atrocious that she feels like she never really knew
him.’
The source added: ‘She doesn’t want to look battered and
have people for sorry for her.
‘She’s very
strong and confident.’
Perry had been largely absent from her Twitter page following Brand filing for divorce last month, but has enthusiastically been back, tweeting about the final date of her California Dreams tour in Indonesia this weekend.
The star performed in Jakarta on Thursday night, concentrating on her work rather than publicly
discussing her marriage woes.
She appeared not to have a care in the world, performing on stage with gusto and even flirting with a male fan.
All about work: Russell Brand is still following his estranged wife on Twitter, although his last tweet was on January 5
Katy kissed the half-naked man on stage and he kissed her on her hand.
Her performance came after another report in Us Weekly which claimed the singer is concerned by rumours her estranged husband plans to write a third memoir.
Russell already wrote two autobiographies, My Booky Wook and My Booky 2.
Carrying on: Katy left her troubles back home in the US to perform for her fans in Indonesia
The alleged new book would supposedly cover the couple’s marriage.
Even though the 36-year-old comedian denies reports he will write a tell-all book, a source has claimed that Katy is worried.
The person tells Us Weekly:
‘Katy is insulted and feels betrayed that Russell has treated her so
poorly. She will never forgive him. Ever.’
Carrying on: Katy left her troubles back home in the US to perform for her fans in Indonesia
Showing love: A fan in Jakarta, Indonesia plants a kiss on the singer’s hand
Before the split: Katy Perry and Russell Brand attended the MTV Video Music Awards together in Los Angeles in August
Last week the singer posted a message on her Twitter page saying that ‘no one’ speaks for her.
The I Kissed a Girl chart topper flew to Indonesia on January 16, three days after Russell jetted into Los Angeles from the UK.
She was also recently spotted putting a brave face on her troubles, filming an Adidas advertisement in Santa Barbara.
She had largely been quiet since the break-up, even avoiding turning up to the People’s Choice Awards last week.
Meanwhile Russell has said that he was doing ‘quite well’ since the couple’s high-profile split.
The comic, 36, spoke last week during a question and answer session in Pasadena, California, where he was promoting his new show Strangely Uplifting
During the press conference, he made reference to the headline-making December 30 split from his wife.
‘I’m quite well, thank you. Are you asking because of recent events?’ he said.
‘Well, I suppose what you’re doing is you’re making the mistake as seeing time as linear.’
Perry said last year that her husband inspired many of the tracks on her Teenage Dream album.
She said: ‘I finished it with him in mind knowing that it is like the movies.
‘He’s in films and stuff so it made sense.
‘Sometimes you’re in a situation where it feels like this is the best you can get.
‘I really do believe in true love and you should really find it.’
Worlds apart: Russell Brand was seen in West Hollywood yesterday after his estranged wife flew out to Indonesia for concert commitments
Centre of attention: Katy has been focusing on work since the split
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LOL all these sycophantic desperate women sticking up for Brand. You have to laugh at them. Mmmmmm seen any dishy tramps lately?
- Carolyn, Buxton, 21/01/2012 09:17
Ha ha, brilliant, and you’ve only been red arrowed because the truth hurts. He even looks like he smells.
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LOL all these sycophantic desperate women sticking up for Brand. You have to laugh at them. Mmmmmm seen any dishy tramps lately?
- Carolyn, Buxton, 21/01/2012 09:17
LOL look at all these sheeplike DM readers who dislike Russell because they have been told to in the articles they read on here. The man is actually a very talented writer and comedian, which is why he has people sticking up for him. Really the last laugh is on people like you who don’t have a mind of their own.
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Christ, there are certain words on the daily mail wesite just GUARANTEED to hook the average spiteful and self-righteous commenter with the mentality of a bottom-dweller! Immigration, Racism, benefits abd Russell Brand ……. These words just need to be in the headline and those readers will proceed straight to the comments section and start spouting uninformed bile. As for the Sachs affair – some of you really need to move on. Andrew Sach has accepted an apology and stated he wants to move o. From it all. Funny how those of you so keen to defend his honour will completely ignore his wishes on the matter and continue to patronise him by fighting imaginary battles on his behalf. The truth is some of you care more about having reasons to have a go at RB than you do about Sachs’ feelings!!!
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How terribly childish!! So when Russell says he still loves her and would like to remain friends etc… Katie throws her toys out of the pram. I do think Russell has made the best decision in divorcing her! She needs to grow up before she gets married again.
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I Love Katy Perry!
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Ego the size of a planet; brain the size of a pea.
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Jeez, she loves herself.
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I think most of us are hoping Russell goes back to his bad old ways when the guy was FUN! Seems Katie is full of spite.
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Katy Perry looks more more like Bet Davies old movie queen from the film “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE ” her scary eyes and silly little girl dresses OMG she looks terrible no wonder he left her.
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What Can Twitter Tell Us About the South Carolina Primary?
January 21, 2012 by admin
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What’s the social sentiment on Twitter saying about Saturday’s South Carolina Primary? Mashable teamed up with social media analysis company Global Point Research to find out.
In the latest results from Public Policy Polling (PPP), Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is strong heading into tonight’s primary. He has a nine point lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum just barely edged out Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) for third place.
The latest American Research Group poll also shows Gingrich leading the rest of the candidates by a wide margin.
Gingrich’s sudden burst of energy is mirrored on Twitter. Ron Paul is doing much better among Twitter users than in the PPP poll, ranking just under Gingrich. Romney and Santorum are falling flat on the microblogging service, with the least positive sentiment surrounding their campaigns:
Twitter suggests strong showings for Gingrich and Paul, but a less spectacular night for Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
In Iowa, we found that Romney’s Twitter status fell flat, while Santorum’s spiked — and Santorum was recently declared the winner. New Hampshire’s results showed a clear advantage for Romney, who ran away with the contest.
In research Global Point has done in the past, its data tends to be about two weeks ahead of polls and elections. For their analysis, Global Point used tweets from Jan. 15 – Jan. 20 which mentioned the South Carolina primary. Their weighted metric combines tweet volume and retweets with detailed sentiment analysis.
The PPP polled 1,540 “likely Republican voters,” and had a margin of error of 2.5%.
Global Point’s data isn’t a scientific poll. However, we’re asking: Is it useful to look at social media sentiment ahead of an election?
We’ll continue to answer that question, but what do you think? Let us know in the comments below.
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Article source: http://mashable.com/2012/01/21/twitter-south-carolina/
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Facebook’s New Apps: When A Life Stream Becomes A Life Flood
January 21, 2012 by admin
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This week, Facebook held a quiet coming-out party for a new class of “frictionless” apps that will automatically share on Facebook any action you take on the app. Every article you read, song you listen to, ticket you buy or run you take can be instantly broadcast on the social networking site through these apps, more than 60 of which have launched from companies such as Yahoo, eBay and Ticketmaster.
The two or three seconds of effort previously required to copy and paste a link, or manually click “share,” have been eliminated, and with them, a small but meaningful filter that made us think twice about what we posted for our friends.
These apps mark one of the most important evolutions in Facebook’s history: The site has transitioned from curated content to no-holds-barred life-streaming. Sharing has become so seamless — or frictionless, in Facebook’s word — that we’re lulled into forgetting just how much information we’re revealing as we go about our daily routines. In the meantime, our Facebook friends’ feeds are filled with a flood of information about the most menial activities in our lives, not a single one of which we had to consciously choose to share.
During an hour I spent listening to music on Spotify, I posted 14 updates to Facebook, more than I would typically post in a week, all without ever explicitly asking Facebook or Spotify to do so each time. Clicking around stories on the Washington Post Social Reader app resulted in the posting of another handful of items in a matter of minutes (though I later took a few more moments to delete an article I’d rather people didn’t know I’d read).
When users sign up for an app, they may be given only a vague description of what they’ll end up sharing with their social circles. An app from USA Today, for example, states, “This app will share articles you read and other activity on Facebook.” What’s “other activity”? Sounds … broad.
Sharing on social sites is often a good thing, especially for writers who want to see our stories circulated around the web. But Facebook, notorious for constantly nudging its users to broadcast more, has now overshot the mark by giving us the infinite capacity to share, while our capacity to process that information remains finite.
With Facebook’s latest update, people are free to opt out of the apps and keep their listening or reading habits private. They can also choose to limit their posts to a few friends or make them available to the public at large. But the audience for the updates from these apps has no control over the deluge of data they receive once acquaintances decide to broadcast their lives. It’s like being confronted with a flasher: You don’t have a say over what you see; he’s going to show you what he’s got whether you like it or not.
I can’t think of a single person who feels that what’s really missing from her online experience is more information. We’ve entered a state of shareturation — a.k.a. sharing saturation — but Facebook just won’t give up. The new feature may risk alienating users, many of whom are already showing signs of social media fatigue. It also runs counter to the trend of broader curation online, which has seen a slew of startups — including Summify, Percolate, Zite and Know About It — develop products that sift through sharing on our social networks and aggregate the most important information into a neat summary. As my colleague Jason Gilbert has noted, “At this rate, Facebook will do more to contribute to the next generation’s Attention Deficit Disorder than Anime. Word is the next Facebook layout is just going to be an unending sequence of flashing neon lights.”
Perhaps even more troubling, however, is that Facebook’s move away from curation may threaten the magic and stickiness of the site by undermining our ability to carefully craft our image online. The act of choosing and curating what we share about ourselves is, in and of itself, a very meaningful thing. Yet it becomes more difficult when every action we take manifests itself on our profiles or in our friends’ feeds. We can hide evidence of our reading or listening activity at any time, but let’s face it: That’s about as enticing as filtering through our spam folders.
Facebook claims the frictionless apps will allow you to “enhance your timeline with apps that help you tell your story.” But telling a story, as any writer can attest, means knowing which details to leave out. Posts in the age of frictionfull Facebook sharing were revealing not only because of the information they included, but because of what the user left out. Sixteen randomly selected photographs of a person might give us a better sense of her physical appearance, yet the single one she picked for her profile picture can speak volumes about her personality.
Will we really learn more about one another if we post our dinner menu and our latest “Words With Friends” score? Do we care about the runs our friends have taken or grow closer to them because we get a glimpse at their most recent meal? In this case, less may be more.
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Gillibrand uses Facebook in retreat
January 21, 2012 by admin
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ALBANY — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand responded to concerns about the controversial Protect IP Act, a bill she co-sponsored, in an especially appropriate manner: on Facebook.
The measure would prosecute websites that “engage in, enable, or facilitate” copyright infringement. Facebook is one of many popular sites that have come out against PIPA and its House version, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently weighed in by writing, “We can’t let poorly thought-out laws get in the way of the Internet’s development.”
In her posting Wednesday, Gillibrand struck a conciliatory tone: “Thank you for all your messages regarding Protect IP,” wrote the Democrat. “I agree there are real concerns with the current legislation I’m working to make important changes to the bill. We must work to strike a balance between ending online piracy to protect New York jobs ensuring Internet freedom so our tech community can continue to flourish.”
The majority of the 560 comments on Gillbrand’s status update were critical of the bill. “It’s not just that this is an oppressive law which will actually hurt online growth,” wrote Steve Manes, “the technical remedies underpinning it were apparently written by people who apparently have little practical knowledge of how the Internet actually works.”
Gillibrand’s office quoted the senator:
” … I have always urged New Yorkers to make their voices heard,” she wrote. “There has been an outpouring of democracy in action over the last several weeks on PIPA and SOPA. … It is time for Congress to take a step back and start over with both sides bringing their solutions to the table to find common ground towards solving this problem.
“New talks between stakeholders — media companies, music and film companies, Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley here in New York — is a critically needed step forward,” she added. “Make no mistake, we must act to protect the theft of intellectual property that costs our economy billions in revenue — but we must get it right without unintended consequences that could stifle the Internet.”
Gillibrand is a frequent user of social networking, including Twitter.
Article source: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Gillibrand-uses-Facebook-in-retreat-2658249.php
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Facebook page spreads plane crash rumor at WA base
January 21, 2012 by admin
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A rumor of a cargo jet crashing into military housing was quickly spread on a popular Facebook page at Joint Base Lewis-McChord just a month after a helicopter crash killed four Army aviators near the base.
The Tacoma News Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/yzV0qA) that someone wrote on a garrison Facebook page that a C-17 Globemaster IIIs plane had crashed on Thursday.
Base spokesman J.C. Mathews squashed the rumor just after he saw it, but it had already caught the attention of two TV stations and spread to the Facebook pages used by other Army units at Lewis-McChord.
Mathews says the person who wrote the original post will not be reprimanded because the person thought a crash had occurred.
The Air Force was not even flying C-17s out of McChord that night.
Many people in the base were using Facebook to get updates on the winter storm that was pummeling the region.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
Article source: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Facebook-page-spreads-plane-crash-rumor-at-WA-base-2664688.php
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‘Gary Glitter’ Twitter account is revealed to be fake
January 21, 2012 by admin
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Man behind what appeared to be tweets attributed to the disgraced pop star claims the whole thing was a ‘social experiment’
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The Twitter account claiming to belong to Gary Glitter has been revealed to be fake.
The man behind what appeared to be tweets attributed to the singer on Twitter.com/OfficialGlitter has come clean and admitted he set up the account as a “social experiment” before going into great detail as to why he created the account.
He wrote on his Tumblr page Glitterontwitter.tumblr.com:
Let me say that this account does not belong to convicted paedophile Gary Glitter. I am deeply disgusted by what Gary Glitter has done in his life and am not condoning, making light of or glorifying child abuse. His crimes are unforgivable and chilling.
The man – who calls himself Ben – added: “I set this twitter account up as a social experiment to highlight the dangers and safety of children using the social networking sites and to discover and question public morality. It’s been an interesting and eye-opening experience for me.”
To read the full transcript go to Glitterontwitter.tumblr.com.
In previous tweets he announced a comeback album an autobiography and a world tour.
Online speculation had suggested that the account may well be a hoax, but there is actually no legal barrier to stop Glitter from running a Twitter account.
While Facebook’s rules explicitly state that no registered sex offenders are allowed to be members of the social networking site, Twitter does not have such a rule. Though the site makes it clear in its rules and regulations that it has a zero tolerance policy toward either the promotion or hosting of child pornography, it does not state that registered sex offenders cannot be members of the site.
NME also made inquiries to the Home Office press office about the online restrictions which can be placed upon registered sex offenders and was told that the police cannot ban anyone from using the internet as it would “violate their human rights” and any online monitoring of registered sex offenders by police was carried out on a “case by case basis”.
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was convicted in 1999 of possession of child pornography and served four months in prison. After his release, he relocated to Vietnam, where he was subsequently convicted of a string of child sexual abuse offences.
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Twitter users tricked into joining cyberattacks against US govt could be jailed
January 21, 2012 by admin
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Katy Perry unfollows Russell Brand on Twitter
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Man shoots nail into his brain, posts it to Facebook from ambulance
January 21, 2012 by admin
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Dante Autullo was sure he’d merely cut himself with a nail gun while building a shed, and thought doctors were joking when they told him what an X-ray revealed: A 3 1/4-inch nail was lodged in the middle of his brain.
Autullo was recovering Friday after undergoing surgery at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where doctors removed the nail that came within millimeters of the part of the brain controlling motor function.
“When they brought in the picture, I said to the doctor `Is this a joke? Did you get that out of the doctors joke file?”‘ the 32-year-old recalled. “The doctor said `No man, that’s in your head.”‘
As he was rushed by ambulance to another hospital for surgery, he posted a picture of the X-ray on Facebook.
Autullo, who lives in Orland Park, said he was building a shed Tuesday and using the nail gun above his head when he fired it. With nothing to indicate that a nail hadn’t simply whizzed by his head, his long-time companion, Gail Glaenzer, cleaned the wound with peroxide.
“It really felt like I got punched on the side of the head,” he said, adding that he continued working. “I thought it went past my ear.”
While there are pain-sensitive nerves on a person’s skull, there aren’t any within the brain itself. That’s why he would have felt the nail strike the skull, but he wouldn’t have felt it penetrate the brain.
Neither he nor Glaenzer thought much about it, and Autullo went on with his day, even plowing a bit of snow. But the next day when he awoke from a nap, feeling nauseated, Glaenzer sensed something was wrong and suggested they go to the hospital.
At first Autullo refused, but he relented after the two picked up their son at school Wednesday evening.
An X-ray was taken a couple hours later. And there, seeming to float in the middle of his head, was a nail.
Doctors told Autullo and Glaenzer that the nail came within millimeters from the part of the brain that controls motor function, and he was rushed by ambulance to the other hospital for more specialized care.
“He feels good. He moved all his limbs, he’s talking normal, he remembers everything,” Glaenzer said earlier Friday. “It’s amazing, a miracle.”
Neurosurgeon Leslie Schaffer acknowledged that Autullo’s case was unusual, but not extremely rare. Schaffer said having a nail penetrate the skull is not like being shot in the head, noting that a bullet would break into multiple pieces.
“This [the nail] is thinner, with a small trajectory, and pointed at the end,” he said. “The bone doesn’t fracture much because the nail has a small tip.”
Schaffer said the man’s skull stopped the nail from going farther into his brain. He said he removed the nail by putting two holes in Autullo’s skull, on either side of the nail, then pulled the nail out along with a piece of the skull.
The surgery took two hours, and the part of the skull that was removed for surgery was replaced with a titanium mesh, Hospital spokesman Mike Maggio said.
Glaenzer said Autullo hasn’t really talked about how scared he was about what might have happened, but he did express a recognition about coming close to death.
“He was joking with me [after surgery], `We need to get the Discovery Channel up here to tape this,”‘ she recalled him saying. “‘I’m one of those medical miracles.”‘
Article source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nail-in-brain-20120121,0,5467139.story
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