Pro-Obama hashtag backfires on Twitter (LOL LOL)

The Hill ^ | 9-14-11 | Alicia M. Cohn

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A new Twitter hashtag designed to help fight misinformation against President Obama appears to have backfired in early use on Wednesday.

President Obama's Twitter feed, which is run by his campaign staff, on Tuesday evening started promoting the new website AttackWatch.com and hashtag #AttackWatch, designed to fight misinformation against the president.

The hashtag was already in heavy rotation by Twitter users by Wednesday morning, but many users are conservatives such as columnist Michelle Malkin, who offered up her own daily column as an example of an Obama "attack."

[moovova]

I'm betting AttackWatch.com will be shut down by tonight...

...and the website name for sale at GoDaddy.com by tomorrow.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Heh! Jay Leno could get all of his material for WEEKS reading some of those zingers.

[cuban leaf]

—Stalin was just as paranoid and imagine what Stalin would have done had Twitter been available to him.—

Not much. The internet is a serious problem for liars and would be despots. The truth percolates to the surface easily and it is very costly to attempt to keep it from the surface.

Ask Dan Rather.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Twitter is actually very good for quickly spreading info.

It is not a liberal or conservative echo chamber.

The MSM hates it because they can't control the conversation.

So if enough people mock something or call attention to it... it will be see/heard.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Ouch! Bless your heart! Get to feeling better! :-)

[kevkrom]

Ben
@WyattBEarp Ben
Should we report Democratic pundits to #AttackWatch for not tweeting good things about Obama’s American Jobs Act?

@Pedlar7 CW
#attackwatch I’d like to report the US Senate for not passing a budget for 800+ days. #HarryReid

@gailtalk gailtalk
RT @onzone203 @imstudwell @texasps I saw criminals running down the street armed w guns NOT provided by the Justice Dept #attackwatch

Bryan McCarthy
@outofstyle Bryan McCarthy
RT @jacksmith007 #attackwatch. Reporting on my neighbor who said the war in Afghanistan has not ended per #Obama campaign promise #MockObama

@teh_Dede Dede
Dear @AttackWatch someone requested 23,000 pages of Barack Obama’s emails .... oh wait..nevermind. #attackwatch

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Lawdy. They’re posting this crap:

AtackWatch AtackWatch
Did you know that Barack Obama has actually been Pro-Israel? Yes, it’s true. Glenn Beck lied: nyti.ms/nMMJO3 #attackwatch
1 minute ago

[5thGenTexan]

A hashtag on twitter is a word or run-together phrase starting with the hash (#) sign. The twitter system uses that as a signal to treat that word, up to a space, as a tag (keyword if you will) that people can search for, even across twitter accounts that do not follow.

It is also how they determine trends: trends are determined by tracking the counts of hashtag usage.

[moovova]

@Va_Lawgal

No, you don’t wear President Obama’s new #AttackWatch on your wrist. The hands go in your pockets....
2 minutes ago via web

[TSgt]

yorkcoolj Jason York
Hey #attackwatch, all these damn American flags I see flying everywhere seem like an insult to our dear leader.
1 minute ago
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Stephen Johannsen
vegetaover9000 Stephen Johannsen
#attackwatch. Nancy Pelosi says that for every dollar spent on Food Stamps, 1.73 comes back. How come the ghettos aren’t rich?
1 minute ago
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heather
CFHeather heather
I hear they are FORCING innocent shrimp to run on treadmills paid for by our tax dollars. #attackwatch

[cuban leaf]

I’m starting to see what you mean. I like to say that on the internet the truth percolates to the surface. It appears that Twitter is the truth’s high speed elevator. And when lies try to use the elevator they get splatted on the floor when it takes off.

[all the best]

I just reported voters in NY-9.

[5thGenTexan]

I am not sure Stalin or Hilter could have controlled their countries the way they did in this age of communication. Look at how China and Islamic countries struggle with controlling messages now.

Technology may have undermined future tyrants.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Thanks you.

[kevkrom]

@GrassRootBeer GrassRootBeer
#AttackWatch I still have friends and family I believe are not on any kind of government assistance. Where can I report names?

@bvparrot Bob VanDerMeulen
Someone is trying to limit charitable deductions! Oh, wait... #attackwatch

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Dear #AttackWatch, Chris Matthews lost his tingle.

Stacey Oliver
@staceyoliver Stacey Oliver
Dear #AttackWatch: This chick brought in some yummy smelling food today and did not redistribute it to the rest of us.

[Army Air Corps]

Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers

I shall share that moniker with everyone I know!

[Brookhaven]

Yep, total backfire. Just the most curretn #attachwatch results:

kiradavis422: Dear #attachwatch : I’m going to bed now. Will u watch me to make sure I don’t attack Obama in my sleep? Tx! U guys r the best! 9 hours agoretweet

confederateyank: @AttackWatch Someone in my house just said Obama failed every econ class in college. Please release his transcripts to debunk. #attachwatch

maxtollensjr: Fight the lies and smears! Tweet to #asasquatch or was it #attackswatch #attachwatch #attackwatch #abackscratch #abitchslap 14 hours ago7retweet

i_hate_hippies: @attackwatch Odd name, was @hitler already taken? #attachwatch

co2insanity: Dear #attachwatch, President Obama said there were shovel-ready jobs. I don’t see any. You better investigate.

conservativeind: Dear @AttackWatch Reporting @BarackObama for saying unemployment wouldn’t go above 8% if Stimulus passed #attachwatch #OFA #tcot #p2

jltho: Hey @AttackWatch, I would like to report the fact that the #GOP is actually planning to run a candidate against @BarackObama. #AttachWatch

hunanmommy: #AttachWatch Please investigate gibberish coming from Al Sharpton.Not even sure it’s English.Maybe some kind of secret code? #resistwemuch 3 hours agoretweet

attachwatch: @swayematthehips How dare they Attack Watches? We like to Attach Watches. Ah... Better! See? #attackwatch #attachwatch

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[Currentriverrat]

bfl

[PapaBear3625]

This is the stupidest thing 0 people have come up with. Wasn’t there one like this before?

This was a stupid move. A politician associating with a communications medium which he does not control is going to get screwed.