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I was watching a news segment about Twitter's new ads, and the story quoted a tweet from Scarlet Varlet.

Was this our Varlet?

I don't know, you didn't quote the news story, the section that was pertinent, or anything other than the name of the guy.

Was it this? http://twitter.com/ScarletVarlet

Because Halforum's Scarlet Varlet links to that in his sig.

What happened to that guy? He used to post frequently and then nothing.

I bet it has to do with him being in the news.

You know..."in the news".

Was it just one of those annoying CNN things where they take quotes from Twitter and it just happened to be SV?

Twitter and Facebook are not news! :explode:

Baerdog said:

Twitter and Facebook are not news! :explode:

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inorite! you should totally tweet that or set it as your facebook status to spread the word around

Dave said:

Was it just one of those annoying CNN things where they take quotes from Twitter and it just happened to be SV?

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yeah, but it wasn't CNN. It was the local London, Ontario station. I guess they thought our ScarletVarlet's line was clever: "Ads coming to @Twitter. I wonder how many tweeters will be going FROM twitter."

And it was our guy, thanks Zarvox.

ore than anything, though, when I saw that I thought, "hmm, where has our Varlet been? I ain't seen him in ages."


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Jigglymuff said:

I don't know, you didn't quote the news story, the section that was pertinent, or anything other than the name of the guy.

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And yet it was enough for Zarvox to totally help.

Nothing until what you just said in that last post meant NOTHING to me! But then you gave me context, and I UNDERSTOOD!


whoooooah

someone tweet at him if he knows he was on the news and WHY DID HE LEAVE US!

Wasn't Scarlet a she?

No. And I think he was one of those we left when tensions were running high.

He posted a ton in the Straub sections of HalfPixel, so I kinda assumed without Straub around he might've got disinterested.

Baerdog said:

Twitter and Facebook are not news! :explode:

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Errr yeah they are.
http://tv.rightcelebrity.com/?p=4281
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/09/stuart-maclennan-sacked-twitter-general-election
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/p...-go-head-to-head-in-tv-debate-86908-22187349/

Social networking is here and happening. Ignore it at your peril. The first two stories illustrate exactly that, people not considering the impact or power of social media. The last an example of how businesses or (in this case) politicians and their staff can and will use social media to guage the public perception of their messages. Sorry.