Twitter's 'new' policy

Some people were asking me about a new rule on Twitter. Supposedly if you tweet a verified account, they can't see it unless the person follows you.

I laughed inside, knowing that with no official announcement for Twitter, it was some idiot trolling or pulling a fast one.

So some dumb bitch got massive attention because they spent their time asking people to retweet something that was not true. How could you ever assume a new policy by Twitter because there was possibly a bug?

Or maybe it was just someone upset that a celebrity wasn't following them, and didn't reply their tweet.

To cut a long story short - are people really that stupid to NOT look for the source of stories like that and wonder why there's no OFFICIAL word?

Sheesh. Come on people. It's 2013. Get with the program!

...or perhaps you believe in the tooth fairy too.

Here's Twitter's OFFICIAL word on the situation.

We're hearing that some users may be experiencing issues viewing their @replies and mentions. Our engineers are looking into it!

— Support (@Support) March 27, 2013

This issue affecting @replies and mentions has now been resolved. Thanks for your patience!

— Support (@Support) March 27, 2013

To clarify: A bug caused mobile users to see mentions only from accounts they follow. It's now been fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience.

— Support (@Support) March 27, 2013

Happy now?

Congratulations. You got trolled.

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Nazmi oh Nazmi

Tuh dia. Kaki delete tweet dah minta maaf. Dia ni dah masuk episod kedua dah perangai dia nak tweet tak pikir.

Kali terakhir sibuk kata kena hack bagai. Kali ni dah kena carut mesti dia keluar alasan kena hack, dia cepat-cepat dalam masa beberapa jam terus delete. Yang terbaru... baru tadi, dia dah keluar lak statement mintak maap kat Aidil. Jangan salahkan katanya... siapa yang salahkan...

Ko gak yang kata dia bersekedudukan, sponsor minah ko gilakan tu. Gila lah bebudak skang ni.

Tu la... umur muda merantau feeling football superstar - SPM pun tak abih. Sibuk kejar kerjaya takpe, ni dok meroyan kat Twitter, pastu cepat-cepat delete pas mengaibkan orang. Pastu mintak maap gitu je. Sharifah Zohra betul lah perangai dia.

Ish ish ish...

Lain kali pikir dulu sebelum nak tweet.

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Berani buat, tanggung kena screencap

And here we go...pagi tadi online ada member tweetkan follow drama swasta Twitter yang tengah japan. Kisahnya, melibatkan Nazmi Faiz tengah meroyan online. Nak dekat 4 pagi ni nak meroyan apa agaknya. Ye lah... international timing katanya kan.

Hantar jauh-jauh main bola, rupanya ni keja...Ke kena 'hack' lagi pengakuan selepas ini. Pernah dah pun mamat ni meroyan, tiba-tiba mengaku Twitter kena hack. Alasan paling klise dan common today.

Anyway, here are the sequence of the tweets I screencapped.

Nak kata benar atau tidak ini kata-kata dia, aku tak berani nak komen. TAPI - one thing aku boleh cakap - kalau macam ni lah standard English bebudak kita, lain kali bagilah habis SPM bebetul dulu baru nak feeling berjalan. Bahasa tahap darjah lima camni...

Itulah... bak kata Usop Wilcha - "Itulah pentingnya English edukesyennnnn" *wat lambai-lambai tangan...


PS - Dah heret nama orang lain masuk, bersedialah ko Nazmi...

PPS - As of 9am tadi, semua tweets di atas telah dipadamkan berserta tiga empat tweet yang lain selepas itu...

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klubbkidd.com freebies alert!

So you guys read a lot of Blackberry and HTC products on my Twitter and my blog. No, I'm not paid by them.

Beginning with Blackberry, I've always been a big fan. And everyone knows I can't live without my Blackberry. And after years of loyalty to Blackberry, and a slight level of fanaticism, I am lucky enough to be a friend of Blackberry. Not an ambassador (again, I'm not paid). They just keep me in the loop of their products and I get first dibs at it cause I'm a fan.

Likewise with HTC. I'm a friend of HTC because the HTC Sensation XE was my first Android experience. And an excellent way to lose my Android virginity (sounds so wrong). But yes, it is awesome! In this day and age where people carry two phones, I carry three. And apart from my Blackberry, my HTC has become a must!

So guess what? I'm giving away a Blackberry Playbook, courtesy of Blackberry AND a HTC Desire HD!

Yes, you read right. GIVING AWAY!

Not buy one get one free. Not buy one at a discount. FREE FREE FREE! We all like the word free right?

So how do you get the Blackberry Playbook or the HTC Desire HD?

Very simple. This Saturday on 22 October 2011 - the #OctTwtFest will be held. What is it? It's the biggest gathering of Twitterjaya, or Malaysian Twitterers. We're aiming for the Guiness Book of World Records.

Come one come all, because everything is free. Free food, free drinks, free entertainment, free giveaways. Just CLICK HERE for more info.

So anyway, at #OctTwtFest, my friends in Blackberry and HTC have kindly offered these two items for me to giveaway. The mechanism will be announced over Twitter LIVE as it happens.

Don't have a smartphone? Live feeds of the #OctTwtFest will be all over the place, as will there be PCs with connection.

Are you interested yet? After clicking HERE for more info, click HERE to RSVP! It looks like we're going to break the world record with more than 1,999 already confirmed (when I posted this entry).

So what are you waiting for? See you there!

PS - Amir Jahari who is also a friend of Blackberry will also be performing at #OctTwtFest! Come watch him if you are a fan, or just curious to know who he is.

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Twitdress

Just woke up for no reason. Entah kenapa. So came online saja nak surfing.

Was looking at some of the Grammy fashions. More misses than hits. Mostly horrendous frocks. Buruk gila! Even Jennifer Lopez hazab nak mampos baju dia.

Tapi kan, dari bebanyak baju yang aku rasa hazab, yang ni bila baca pasal baju nih, I changed my mind.

It may not be the hottest number in fashion - but it's creative, unique - media savvy - and ONLINE!

Cue, Imogen Heap and her Twitdress.

Bwfoew you say the dress is fugly - red about it first.

Apparently, to keep in touch with her fans online during the Grammys, she designed this weird dress.

And it has the most in vogue elements in it. Twitter.

Baju dia tuh - with the oversized neck piece of what looks like a metal grille apparently was actually a digital sign displaying messages that her fans were sending on Twitter with mentions to her profile.

The jewellery was some sort of LED contraption which flashed the messages.

She was actually reported saying, "I just thought it’d be nice for them to come with me so I’ve got a live Twitter feed from them."

And how did she get online?

It's in the bag. Her Fendi clutch bag contained an iPhone sewn in displaying pictures people sent with their Tweets, while channeling the messages to the neckpiece.

But no, the umbrella doesn't have anything to do with better coverage.

So while Lady Gaga tried her level best to appear nuts as usual and outdo her own weirdness, Imogen, the British singer songwriter outdid her, simply because I think her functional fashion was interesting.

Dubbed the queen of social media, the winner of Best Engineered Album, Non-Classica for her album Ellipse - Imogen has 1.5 million followers on Twitter, her songs have been played more than 44 million times on MySpace, fans were invited to contribute designs for her album artwork on Flickr and as she was working on the award-winning album, she informed her public about its progress through dozens of video blog posts.

And here - artis kita dah takut nak cakap apa pon kat Twitter because ada pihak-pihak yang nak take advantage by stalking for paid entertainment purposes.

Erm... jauh beza sangat...

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Kronologi Cinta

First of all, congratulations to Vince for launching his fourth album pas Vince, Janji Vince and Percayalah Sayang. Skang terbitlah... Kronologi Cinta.

Dalam time company memasing semua sengkek nak kuar single je (sebab sendiri tarak confident langsung product memasing leh jual) NSR actually released a full album for Vince, juara Akademi Fantasia suatu tika dahulu in 2003.

Amik ko.. ada juara pon yang da bye bye dah... apa lagik nak kuar album, Vince masih hanging tough with a new album.

So congratulations Vince. Lama da tak jumpa mamat nih. Slalu jumpa mom dia and Vanessa jerk (Pam pon tapi minah ni skang lagik sibuk). Biasala.. adik beradik semua satu kuarga skang da star.

Pe pon... sapa minat Vince, get his new album NOW! Dah release pon. Dengar penjualan doing quite well because while it's just been released, dah ada repeat order katanya.

On top of that, dia also nak kuarkan a Chinese-medium EP. Amik ko... conquer bukan satu market tujuan nya tuh.

The 'funnest' things hari ni though wasn't attending the launch of Vince's album. But after that when was having a meeting. Happened to be online and caught this activity in Twitter.

Now we all know Twitter and Facebook are bad right? Evil even.. because our leaders tell us so.

Cue a particular comment from a Minister I blogged about before this.

Here's a refresher.

Malaysians advised against being immersed in Facebook, Twitter

SEREMBAN: Malaysians, especially Muslims, must avoid being totally immersed in the internet culture, especially Facebook and Twitter, said Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

He added that facilities like internet could not be accepted wholly because it was a form of business introduced by the West and "Malaysians were just users."

"We are not saying that they cannot use Facebook or Twitter but when using such facilities they must upkeep the values taught by Islam, Buddhism or Christianity to maintain our culture," he told reporters after opening a Seminar on the 1Malaysia concept here on Saturday.

He added that Malaysians who used internet services on social networking sites should be careful with what they see and hear.

"We must be strong in our believes and culture because the identity and image of our country depends on us.

"They are just selling Facebook, Twitter, L-Band and various other services, even through space, as a product but we do not do such business. We accept all this in a state of cultural shock," he said.

He chided some Malaysians who belittled those who were no savvy of the Facebook and Twitter culture.

"We should not be quick to condemn or look down on those who do not use Facebook. Newspapers are still relevant, so is Facebook, but do not be carried away with everything and disregard the old system," he said.

That was part of the article taken from The Star a few days ago. To read more CLICK HERE.

So how did all the beautiful Malaysians respond in true 1Malaysia fashion?

While someone was probably wearing a cap that said this...

And planning the death of Twitter and Facebook...

Everyone united in the spirit of togetherness and created a trending topic (if you don't know what that is - it's basically a topic by term) on Twitter called (get ready for this) #yorais.

The point of the hashtag discussion? To talk (more like try and outdo each other) about how antiquated the Minister is.

And the result?

Thousands of Tweets that made #yorais one of the most Tweeted trending topics on Twitter. Check out the snapshot from here. I swear at one point it was actually second! And the guys tried to outdo themselves to go for most tweeted.. but I left for supper. So I opted out of the fun.

Joined back on Twitter only much, much later... and the fun had ceased (everyone needed sleep, I guess). But the fun part? Seeing at least one smart politician who used Twitter to be.. well.. smart!

Congratulations KJ. At least someone thinks before he says.. or Tweets anything. Respect! As for #yorais, wonder if the fun will continue tomorrow...

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