twitter backfires for NYPD

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SmarterthanYou

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http://nypost.com/2014/04/22/nypds-twitter-outreach-completely-backfired/

The NYPD showed it knows a lot more about fighting crime than it does about Twitter when it asked users to post pictures of friendly cops on the Web site — and online trolls responded with a flood of tweets depicting police brutality.

The NYPD’s attempt to court Twitter members blew up in its face on Tuesday, shortly after the department started the Twitter hashtag #myNYPD.

“Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD,” they wrote.

Instead of a social-media coup, the department’s net naiveté was exposed by cop-hating members of Occupy Wall Street, who used the hashtag to post every photo they could find of officers manhandling people.
The hashtag hijacking soon went viral and left the NYPD with egg on its face.

“Here the #NYPD engages with its community members, changing hearts and minds one baton at a time,” a user of Occupy NYC’s twitter handle wrote under a picture of cops struggling with protesters.

Another web wag using the name @CassandraRules wrote: “There’s always this classic shot of [Deputy Inspector] Anthony Bologna happily pepper spraying peaceful protestors.”
 
SmarterthanYou said:
http://nypost.com/2014/04/22/nypds-twitter-outreach-completely-backfired/

The NYPD showed it knows a lot more about fighting crime than it does about Twitter when it asked users to post pictures of friendly cops on the Web site — and online trolls responded with a flood of tweets depicting police brutality.

The NYPD’s attempt to court Twitter members blew up in its face on Tuesday, shortly after the department started the Twitter hashtag #myNYPD.

“Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD,” they wrote.

Instead of a social-media coup, the department’s net naiveté was exposed by cop-hating members of Occupy Wall Street, who used the hashtag to post every photo they could find of officers manhandling people.
The hashtag hijacking soon went viral and left the NYPD with egg on its face.

“Here the #NYPD engages with its community members, changing hearts and minds one baton at a time,” a user of Occupy NYC’s twitter handle wrote under a picture of cops struggling with protesters.

Another web wag using the name @CassandraRules wrote: “There’s always this classic shot of [Deputy Inspector] Anthony Bologna happily pepper spraying peaceful protestors.”
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I bet this was orgasmic for you! lol
 
Sardonic said:
I bet this was orgasmic for you! lol
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It certainly was for me, especially since my twitter feed is mostly porn stars (actually, most of them are retired these days).

But to comment on the issue at large here, police should PROBABLY do more than a little hashtag campaign if they want to improve their image. Because as it stands now, I know of no one who trusts police, or views them favorably.
 
Patrick Pearse said:
It certainly was for me, especially since my twitter feed is mostly porn stars (actually, most of them are retired these days).

But to comment on the issue at large here, police should PROBABLY do more than a little hashtag campaign if they want to improve their image. Because as it stands now, I know of no one who trusts police, or views them favorably.
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i sometimes can't stand you, but dammit, that was funny
 
btw....what is all this hashtag crap anyway? and i see people on other forums putting @and a link to the person's link on the board....wtf...? why spend the extra time? hey yurt....why go @.....ah screw it, i just tried to quickly look up a user and could have typed their name out in much less time. why put the user's link?

i have no doubt grind will tell me he figured this out in 1956....i don't care, i'm older than him and smarter and better looking and gosh darn it, people like me.
 
Patrick Pearse said:
Did you ride Apatasauruses to school?
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no, we lived to far out....

true story:

1st grade, commuted with a black girl, i repeat a black girl. and no shit, my parents had to tell me this. and i was like, ok, what. well, we became best friends and our moms worked at the university next door, so everyday we 'commuted' to our mom's work/study. it was weird, because we were black and white. and neither of us knew what that meant. we used hold hands and run to the campus. we had no idea that skin color mean a thing. we were friends. desk mates.

want to know more?
 
Yurt said:
no, we lived to far out....

true story:

1st grade, commuted with a black girl, i repeat a black girl. and no shit, my parents had to tell me this. and i was like, ok, what. well, we became best friends and our moms worked at the university next door, so everyday we 'commuted' to our mom's work/study. it was weird, because we were black and white. and neither of us knew what that meant. we used hold hands and run to the campus. we had no idea that skin color mean a thing. we were friends. desk mates.

want to know more?
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No...Are you drinking?
 
Yurt said:
no, we lived to far out....

true story:

1st grade, commuted with a black girl, i repeat a black girl. and no shit, my parents had to tell me this. and i was like, ok, what. well, we became best friends and our moms worked at the university next door, so everyday we 'commuted' to our mom's work/study. it was weird, because we were black and white. and neither of us knew what that meant. we used hold hands and run to the campus. we had no idea that skin color mean a thing. we were friends. desk mates.

want to know more?
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Just one thing. Was she hot?
 
Yurt said:
btw....what is all this hashtag crap anyway? and i see people on other forums putting @and a link to the person's link on the board....wtf...? why spend the extra time? hey yurt....why go @.....ah screw it, i just tried to quickly look up a user and could have typed their name out in much less time. why put the user's link?

i have no doubt grind will tell me he figured this out in 1956....i don't care, i'm older than him and smarter and better looking and gosh darn it, people like me.
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My favourite is #Axe to grind :cof1:
 
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