Meg Whitman Campaign Shows How Not To Use Twitter

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @11:36AM from the type-slower dept.

tsamsoniw writes "California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign team attempted to share with her Twitter followers an endorsement from a police association. Unfortunately, the campaign press secretary entered an incorrect or incomplete Bit.ly URL in the Tweet, which took clickers to a YouTube video featuring a bespectacled, long-haired Japanese man in a tutu and leggings rocking out on a bass guitar. And for whatever reason, the Tweet, which went out on the 18th, has remained active through today."

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Missing Character by Reason58 · 2010-10-20 11:43 · Score: 4, Informative

This resulted from missing the last character when she was copying. From the reddit article 13 hours ago:

Intended link:

http://bit.ly/bNCAVr

Posted link by the retweeter:

http://bit.ly/bNCAV

What a difference a character can make.