‘You Must Remove the 🇺🇦 From Your Profile’ Twitter Pop-Up Don't believe every "screenshot" you see floating around.
‘Prince Philip is Dead’; Rumor Spreads Like Wildfire Social media users are reporting a real-life, fast-spreading rumor Prince Philip (husband to Queen Elizabeth) died around January 17 2020.
‘Sequencing Fish Samples’ Viral Twitter Thread On April 6 2019, a screenshots (archived here) of a Twitter thread originally published by @AwesomeBioTA one day prior went viral on social media: https://www.facebook.com/hayden.leo.25/posts/10205735251017021 In the original thread, the poster (@AwesomeBioTA) recounted the purported results of her class’s attempt to sequence samples of seafood gathered at places like supermarkets and sushi restaurants: OH BOY OH […]
Was Mr. Rogers Bisexual? On March 5 2019, an unexpected rumor that Fred Rogers (the creator and star of the beloved American children’s television show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) was bisexual began spreading on LGBTQ news sites and social media in general. Several concurrently circulating tweets formed a basis for the rumor about Rogers’ sexuality. An especially popular stated: Anyway, wildest thing […]
Did a Woman Use Venmo to Send Herself Thousands of Dollars from a Stranger’s Phone? On November 12, 2018, Twitter user @SydneyShyanneS tweeted a tale about the cash-sharing app Venmo, modern dating, and bar interactions which later became virally popular: this dude has been calling my bar to check the cameras because he asked a girl to put her number into his phone & she Venmo’d herself $2,000 😭 drunk […]
