faking felix a twitter lesson
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A quick lesson in verification. A major news event attracts the spammers. Always check your facts before retweeting.TRANSCRIPT
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Faking fabulous Felix
@suellewellyn
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as the world watched …
Twitter went into freefall…
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this ‘amazing’ tweet was RT’d into my timeline
*!^@!!** Wow!
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19:31
Err hello. No alarm bells guys?
Nope, we’re all
too busy following and
retweeting
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19:31
19:42
19:46
to boldly go …up and up …
20,000 new followers in just 15 minutes
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22:06
Good griefyou’re right
‘Felix’ ‘Everything is
possible and life is amazing’
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everyone’s inspired… to create
a fake account
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oh look a name change and 3rd in
the Top Tweets
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talking of retweets, these two were also
(ahem) ‘right up there’
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a truly global event, there was even a
Spanish Felix (well it did take
cojones)
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@suellewellyn
Yay!
Lesson: look before you leap