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Social media can be a great place for brands of all kinds to interact and share jokes with fans or followers. But when a brand joins in on a meme or an interaction that a follower starts, they are often taking a risk that responding at all might be the real joke. Trigger happy brand social media managers got tricked into fist bumping alleged child predator and ... YouTuber EDP445. @JedrickWills and @ThatMannAl on Twitter Who is EDP? What was he exposed for? 30 year old Bryant Moreland, or EDP445,  is a YouTuber who’s rise to fame came from viral videos of the many intense frustrations of being an Eagles super fan. Earlier this month, Moreland was allegedly caught sending sexual messages to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. In reality, that 13-year-old was a decoy by a predator-catching YouTube channel called Chet Goldstein. In the now deleted video, Moreland pulled up to a location given by the decoy and thinking he was about to meet up with a child after sexting them, was instead met by Goldstein’s crew with screenshots and cameras. What memes came from the video? The channel no longer is no longer available due…

Uttar Pradesh Though the man did not mention Covid, the police accused him of circulating a rumour with the intent to cause fear or alarm during the pandemic. Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath The police in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, have filed a criminal case against a man who used Twitter to appeal for an oxygen cylinder for his grandfather, The Wire reported on Wednesday. Shashank Yadav had not mentioned if his grandfather had the coronavirus. However, the police filed an FIR against him for allegedly circulating a rumour with the intent to cause fear or alarm.The police claimed that the man was “spreading misleading information”, according to The Indian Express. Sub-inspector Virendra Singh of the Ramganj police station claimed that Yadav provided false information on oxygen supply and the coronavirus to target the Uttar Pradesh government. “It was found during the inquiry that because of the accused’s false tweet, several persons made allegations against the government,” Singh told the newspaper.Yadav had initially sent an SOS using Twitter on Monday evening and tagged actor Sonu Sood. His friend Ankit amplified the message and sought help from The Wire journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani. A few hours later, she, in turn, posted a tweet…

Kevin Love made a very strange, low-effort decision on Monday and Twitter is roasting him for it. During the third quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers game against the Toronto Raptors, Love received a throw in ball from the referee, and instead of picking it up and attempting the inbound, he batted the ball into play, making it a live ball. Even worse was the fact that Toronto was able to scoop up the ball unimpeded and load up for an uncontested easy three-pointer. The play all begins with the nonchalant effort of Love on the throw in attempt, which is incredibly bizarre as he just… doesn’t even react to the ball being in play. What is Kevin Love doing 😅 pic.twitter.com/WpZP4UZJHL — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 27, 2021 It’d be easy to say it was a mistake on the throw in by Love here had he made any attempt to recover the ball once it went into play, but there was none at all. Twitter, of course, was all over Love as soon as soon as the play happened, going in hard on the 32-year-old power forward. kevin love: pic.twitter.com/SWxxwOjOCg — alex (@steven_lebron) April 27, 2021 Kevin Love in Cleveland…

Twitter has begun making its Clubhouse-like “Spaces” available to more people — here’s how to disable notifications for them. Given the sudden and immense popularity of Clubhouse, allowing people to listen live and even participate in conversations with people they consider to be thought leaders — or at least just interesting folks — it was only a matter of time before the app was copied. Twitter Spaces is just one of the many clones of Clubhouse, and it’s begun to be more available to more accounts. Unfortunately, Twitter has opted to do a bit of growth hacking to draw interest in Spaces. Namely, if you follow someone on Twitter and they start a space, by default, you’ll get a notification to tune in. However you may feel about Twitter Spaces, the sudden launch of the feature has lead to many trying it out, and thus sending “ is speaking” notifications you might not want. So here’s how to disable notifications for Twitter Spaces. These instructions were written with Twitter for Android in mind, but a similar process should work with Twitter for iOS. Open the Twitter app’s settings Obviously, the first step in turning off these notifications is to open…

While many came up with memes and jokes on Warner’s subpar performance, others expressed disappointment over the orange army’s fourth loss of the season. Twitter erupted in celebrations as Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Sunrise’s Hyderabad (SRH) in the first super over of IPL 2021 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. DC, opting to bat first, got off to a brilliant start owing to Prithvi Shaw (53) and Shikhar Dhawan (28). Despite suffering a batting collapse in the middle overs, the team managed to put up 159/4 at the end of the innings. Chasing, SRH struggled from the beginning, losing their main man David Warner (6) in the fourth over. However, it was Jonny Bairstow’s quickfire 38 and Kane Williamson’s excellent 51-ball 66 that helped the team level the scores. In the super over, SRH scored 7/0 through Warner and Williamson. In reply, DC’s  Pant and Dhawan easily scored the runs to take the win. Many took to Twitter expressing their delight as the match went down the wire, and into the super over. While many came up with memes and jokes on Warner’s subpar performance, others expressed disappointment over the orange army’s fourth loss of the season. Take a…

Oscars 2021: Marlee Matlin on the red carpet. (Image courtesy: AFP)HighlightsMarlee Matlin was one of the presenters She was communicating through sign language Marlee Matlin had an interpreter on the sideNew Delhi: It's not the Oscars unless Twitter is annoyed by something, right? The 93rd Academy Awards ticked all the right boxes on diversity until it came to hearing-impaired actress Marlee Matlin who was one of the presenters this year. Ms Matlin, the only hearing-impaired performer to have won an acting Academy Award - for 1986 film Children Of A Lesser God - signed her speech with an interpreter onstage. The Oscar telecast, however, cut away from her mid-speech, earning the wrath of social media which has shredded the Academy for being "rude." Marlee Matlin, now 55, won the Oscar for Best Actress at the age of 21, the youngest ever winner in the category.Marlee Matlin's presence at the Oscars this year was particularly special because one of the films on the slate of nominees was Sound Of Metal, the story of a drummer losing his hearing. The two stars of the film, Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci, were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.The poignancy of this…

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In a book called Atomic Habits, author James Clear describes the process of habit formation as comprising four steps: a cue, a craving, a response and a reward. This is called the “habit loop”. Ultimately, we can create habits, and even become addicted to a behaviour, when our brain associates it (drinking, smoking, tweeting) with a pleasurable outcome. Too many people on Twitter are addicted to outrage. My hypothesis — not an original one at all — is that the likes and retweets received for piling on to the latest scandal engender a sense of belonging; this belonging, fostered by the mutual reinforcement of each other’s righteous indignation, is the reward.  Maybe. Whatever the reward, a reliable cue for a mass South African Twitter rage is the Democratic Alliance: John Steenhuisen, Natasha Mazzone and the queen, Helen Zille. The latter will surely have her turn again soon with the release of her new book, but at the beginning of this month it was former DA leader Tony Leon’s turn. By now you’re all probably aware of the whole saga but to recap: Leon made a comment in an interview with News24 about his latest book, Future Tense: Reflections On My…

Twitter has a large number of audiences on its platform and therefore, Twitter wants the businesses to grow on and connect to the powerful and passionate audiences, and these businesses can make an impact and drive strong results from this platform. Twitter has recently rolled out a live test of its new ‘Professional Profile’ that can provide an opportunity for creators and brands to represent themselves in front of millions of people, with dedicated instruments and features aligned specifically with work use on this platform. Twitter has elaborated that this professional profile is the latest tool that will enable brands, non-profits, publishers, creators, and anyone who is using this platform for work to display particular information about the nature of their business directly on their business profile. Twitter further said that this small ground of business in the US and will provide further access to other accounts to this professional profile soon. The professional profile has more options including the profile frame, an updated layout, address, and contact information of the business so that more audience can easily connect with the business. As it is a great occasion for businesses that want to start or grow their existing business online…

Steph is America's MVP pick, according to Twitter data originally appeared on NBC Sports BayareaThe Internet always is correct. OK, that’s completely untrue, but it might have gotten it right this time.According to a map created by SportsInsider about who fans across the U.S. believe should earn 2021 NBA MVP honors, most of America believes it should be Warriors star Steph Curry.And who are we to argue?The map is based on geotagged Twitter data from the past month, which measured 300,000 tweets. Steph dominated with 31 states saying he deserved the top honor. Right behind him was Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić, who has 14 states vying for him.Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard also all received some votes.But on to Steph’s numbers. He’s averaging an NBA-best 31.1 points per game this season. In addition to that, he's putting up 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game with a .922 free throw percentage and .609 effective field goal percentage. He also tallied 30-plus points in 11 straight games before cooling off Wednesday vs. the Washington Wizards.You know who else believes he’s deserving of his third NBA MVP? Steph himself.While Steph said he's "gotta be" the MVP, he conceded “I probably won’t get it,” on an episode of The…