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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Posting numerous tweets with the same hashtags</div> <p>The term <b>Twitter bomb</b> or <b>tweet bomb</b> (also spelled as one word) refers to posting numerous (pejoratively, "<a href="/wiki/Spamming" title="Spamming">spamming</a>") <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">posts</a> with the same <a href="/wiki/Hashtag" title="Hashtag">hashtags</a> and other similar content, including @messages, from multiple accounts, with the goal of <a href="/wiki/Advertising" title="Advertising">advertising</a> a certain <a href="/wiki/Internet_meme" title="Internet meme">meme</a>, usually by filling people's post feeds with the same message, and making it a "<a href="/wiki/Twitter#Trending_topics" title="Twitter">trending topic</a>" on Twitter.<sup id="cite_ref-Joyce2010_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ez_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ez-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rat_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This may be done by individual users, fake accounts, or both.<sup id="cite_ref-newser_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newser-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Advertising">Advertising</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter_bomb&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twitter bombing may be used for commercial advertising. An early example from <span class="nowrap">April 2005</span> referred to advertising a <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> video series <a href="/wiki/Ask_a_Ninja" title="Ask a Ninja">Ask a Ninja</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ez_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ez-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter_bomb&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twitter bombing is one of <a href="/wiki/Repertoire_of_contention" title="Repertoire of contention">the tools</a> used in <a href="/wiki/Internet_activism" title="Internet activism">Internet activism</a>, both by mainstream politicians like <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and by groups like <a href="/wiki/Anonymous_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anonymous (group)">Anonymous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joyce2010_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GreenCoffey2010_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreenCoffey2010-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-webpronews_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webpronews-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earliest recorded usage of the Twitter bomb is from August 2008, when it was used by bloggers Liza Sabater and Kenneth Quinnell in response to <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> use of the #dontgo <a href="/wiki/Hashtag" title="Hashtag">hashtag</a> relating to <a href="/wiki/Offshore_drilling" title="Offshore drilling">offshore oil drilling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kq_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kq-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term was used for other purposes in 2008, but the other meanings have since disappeared.<sup id="cite_ref-ez_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ez-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An example of a Twitter bomb was the campaign organized by online activists in response to a July 31, 2009 <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i> article on <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> that was deemed <a href="/wiki/Sexist" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexist">sexist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joyce2010-2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joyce2010-2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, it was used extensively by Barack Obama's campaign staff to encourage his followers to contact Congress and encourage them to reach a compromise during the <a href="/wiki/United_States_debt-ceiling_crisis_of_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011">United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011</a>. Shortly thereafter, @BarackObama lost about 37,000 followers.<sup id="cite_ref-newser_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newser-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positive_impacts">Positive impacts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter_bomb&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Positive impacts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twitter bombing/spamming can provide exposure to current events that are not being exposed enough from mainstream media. Dhiraj Murthy writes: </p> <blockquote><p>Twitter has received significant media attention in its use to disseminate information during disasters, including the 2008 Mumbai bomb blasts (Dolnick, 2005) and the January 2005 crash of US Airways flight 1549 (Beaumont, 2009).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Linking this with the use of hashtag, see hashtag activism, news and information can be spread around the internet at a rapid pace with the use of hashtags. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison_to_online_spam">Comparison to online spam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter_bomb&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Comparison to online spam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The use of the Twitter bomb tactics has been known to misfire, as people might be offended by spamming, or <a href="/wiki/Troll_(Internet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Troll (Internet)">trolling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ez_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ez-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Social_media_activism_and_the_(in)justice_of_the_mob_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Social_media_activism_and_the_(in)justice_of_the_mob-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spammers have several goals, which are phishing, advertising, or malware distribution. Unlike traditional online spamming, such as email, X has a limit of only 280 characters per post. Therefore, a Twitter bomb often include URLs in their posts in order to send others users to their malicious pages online.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike email spam, Twitter bombs may require participation from their targeted users. Fake accounts are a common source of Twitter bombs. In order to avoid X's spam filters and to overcome their lack of followers, Twitter bombs are often sent as a reply to existing posts about the same topic. This is done in hopes that the authors of the existing posts will repost the response to their own followers, spreading the Twitter bomb before the fake account is deleted.<sup id="cite_ref-masen10_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-masen10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With regards to numbers, an example of a Twitter bomb analyzed in one research paper described how nine fake user accounts produced 929 posts in 138 minutes, all with a <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">URL</a> to a political website, presenting negative views on the U.S. politician <a href="/wiki/Martha_Coakley" title="Martha Coakley">Martha Coakley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-masen10_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-masen10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The message might have reached about 60,000 before being eliminated by X as spam.<sup id="cite_ref-acm_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acm-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter_bomb&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many X users find comfort in sharing their ideas and thoughts to the general public. Though X can be utilized to spread awareness of a variety of issues and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/youthvoices/education-notes/twitter-party-using-twitter-to-raise-awareness-teen-dating-abuse.html">causes</a>, many can take advantage and post numerous posts that may be viewed as spam. X's rule <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311">page</a> considers posts "spam" once a user displays multiple posts with unrelated hashtags to a certain topic, or continues to post multiple posts of the same content in one account. Some instances, these posts can be viewed as trolling once they begin to seek out other X users for arguments about controversial issues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter_bomb&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Google bomb">Google bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_bot" title="Social bot">Social bot</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twitter_bomb&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Joyce2010-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joyce2010_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joyce2010_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMary_C._Joyce2010" class="citation book cs1">Mary C. 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