Well the election has finally been decided, and the media are busily dissecting the historic events of yesterday, recording every last detail – real or imagined – for posterity. I actually got a bit of a laugh out of this article:
| Obscenity Uttered by Reporter Sparks Viral Debate |
They say if you live long enough, eventually you get your fifteen minutes of fame, but given the rapid pace of the online world, in this instance perhaps fifteen milliseconds is a more appropriate interval of time.
It is also great to see major media outlets trying to tap into social media in their coverage of important events, but they still clearly don’t understand the tools they are trying to use. While I was responsible for the original tweet, the full content of the quote of my tweet in the Herald-Sun article actually comes from a combination of my original tweet, and an edited retweet from @trmash.
As first entered, here is my original tweet:
Following on, here is the follow-up retweet:
No biggy really – just wanted to give all credit where all credit is due, and declare that here endeth my fifteen milliseconds of fame!