Word of the Day writing prompt
Use the solution from Wordle as a writing prompt
Finding people on Twitter who listen to Cameo’s “Word Up”
Pleasantly surprised by all the Twitter bot accounts tweeting that they are listening to Cameo’s “Word Up”.
The tweet with the ID number 1234567890987654321
Ever notice the ID number in a tweet’s URL? Take a look at the URL structure for a tweet. Here’s a tweet I made today: https://twitter.com/spudart/status/1237129038994575360 Every tweet is assigned a unique ID number. Over time, this ID number increases sequentially. The first four digits of this example tweet today is 1237! Just a bit …
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All the Twitter accounts with the letter t repeated
Just for kicks, I typed in twitter.com/twitttttttter to see if anyone has the account. Someone does. Of course. But only three followers. Three! What about all the various letter lengths with the repeated? Is any of them really popular? Here they all are, sorted by longest name to the shortest name. In summary, here’s what …
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The 25 Ewoks on Twitter
25 Ewoks roam the forests of Twitter. They range from the cute and adorable to the heavily ironic and twisted. Which Ewoks should you be following on Twitter? Let’s go through the Ewok village to uncover the best Ewoks on Twitter. The best Ewok on Twitter The best Ewok should have the most followers, right? However, …
Middle East negotiations a scene out of the Star Wars prequels
John Kerry recently tweeted a pic from negotiations about Yemen. Doesn’t it look like a room in the Star Wars prequels? Dramatic ceiling. Very odd centerpiece table. Range of cultures. Funky patterned walls. I expect to see Senator Jar Jar Binks sitting in one of the chairs! A reverse Google image search suggests that this …
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Reply to a person’s last tweet from six years ago
Who are the first ten people to follow you on Twitter? How many of those accounts are now inactive? Five of the first ten accounts to follow @spudart haven’t tweeted since 2010. Whoa! Over six years! The dates of their last tweets: @robkingsbury May 19, 2009 @kokuatraffic May 7, 2009 @samuelphilemon January 13, 2009 @worshipkitchen July 19, …
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Top five tweets of August 2010: Jawa hugs, answers, Tribune Tower fire, p-mail
For August’s top tweets, here’s one hand-picked tweet from each account that I use regularly in the past month.
QUESTION FOR TWITTER: Is there a setting for receiving only @replies on my phone?
It would be nice to have a setting on Twitter to get only @replies sent as a text message to my phone. Getting tweets from all my friends would be crazy. But getting just the @replies would be really nice. Twitter’s help page states the following: Is there a setting for receiving only @replies on …
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