Comments on: Yes Minister, I stole the Culture Secretary’s Twitter account

By: cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:45:49 +0000

Its a shame a lot of the politicians don’t understand what is going on outside in the real world. Maybe this sort of example is needed to make them find out? the celebrities cottoned on pretty fast, or at least their ghost writers did.

By: The Chattering Classes are now the Twittering Classes

The Chattering Classes are now the Twittering Classes — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:20:20 +0000

[...] policy about the future of the Internet in the UK – didn’t even bother to contact us when we kidnapped his account to try and encourage him to engage with the [...]

By: bebek oyunlari

bebek oyunlari — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:33:26 +0000

Who cares about Twitter? Twitter sucks.

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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:08:45 +0000

[...] attempt to get a dialogue going about government policy – I proved how childishly simple it was to register the Twitter name of UK Government Minister. That account was simply shut down. But whether Twitter handed over my details to the government [...]

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Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:25:46 +0000

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Daily Digest for February 23rd — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:55:34 +0000

[...] Yes Minister, I stole the Culture Secretary’s Twitter account [...]

By: BBC Impostor Fools 7,684 People (Control Your Twitter Name, Even if You're a Twitter Sceptic) | native

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:10:44 +0000

[...] back in December, tech blogger Mike Butcher of Techcrunch UK admitted to stealing the account name of Andy Burnham, the UK Culture Secretary after a grievance involving Burnham’s opinions on net regulation. [...]

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Twitter vigilantes hijack the Daily Mail | Media Money — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:47:00 +0000

[...] the wake of Mike Butcher’s expropriation of culture minister Andy Burnham’s identity on Twitter, I’ve come across news of another [...]

By: Twister

Twister — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:00:18 +0000

GAAAH! it’s suspended

By: Some home truths for the clueless idiot who suggested websites get cinema-like ratings : Give Up Internet! Internet and Technology Humor

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:43:09 +0000

[...] He has been attacked, abused, and mocked for days now – and one blogger went so far as to set up a Twitter account in his name in an attempt, he says, to educate him about just how the internet works. The Twitter [...]

By: TheWayoftheWeb » Labour seem intent on losing internet support…

TheWayoftheWeb » Labour seem intent on losing internet support… — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:53:25 +0000

[...] response, pointing out that the idea has more flaws than a block of flats, and culminating in Mike Butcher from Techcrunch UK setting up an Andy Burnham account on Twitter to [...]

By: Charbax

Charbax — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:00:01 +0000

Who cares about Twitter? Twitter sucks.

By: Chris&T

Chris&T — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:12:53 +0000

Makes me want to go up to Herr Burnham and give him a well-deserved salute…

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:49:59 +0000

I would dispute that with Twitter if I were you, it says in the terms that “You must not abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other Twitter users.”, which you weren’t really doing, unless by ‘Twitter users’ they mean ‘citizens of the planet’. It was clearly a parody with a purpose.

These are the reasons they might suspend an account, none of which your Andy Burnham number came under, I don’t believe…:

“One or more of these things may cause an account to be flagged for review:

* a large number of people block the profile in question
* a large number of people write in with spam complaints for a specific profile
* a large number of people are followed in a short amount of time
* the number of followers is small compared to number of people following

* updates consist of duplicate links and/or text
* updates consist mainly of links and not personal updates
* updates consist solely of “re-tweets” (poaching other users’ updates)
* updates consist of links pointing to phishing sites, malware, or other harmful material

* a large number of accounts is created in a short amount of time
* an account is identified as belonging to a group of spam accounts

If one or more the items listed above is true for any Twitter profile, we may suspend the account for abuse investigation and hide the contents from the public view in order to remove the cause of complaint.

It’s important to us that the Twitter community receives only the content they’d like to receive. While we do welcome feed-based accounts, we discourage aggressive following and other tactics that will alarm people. If you think you’ve been wrongly suspended, please send an email to support@twitter.com with the account name and reason why the account shouldn’t be suspended.”

By: Årets Julepresang? « NONA: nettverket for oss som jobber med nettmedier

Årets Julepresang? « NONA: nettverket for oss som jobber med nettmedier — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:16:35 +0000

[...] Glimrende julegave-ide fra Techcrunchs Mike Butcher: I etterkant av den engelske kulturministeren Andy Burnhams famøse uttalelser om behovet for å sensurere nettet satte Butcher likesågodt opp en Twitter-profil i kulturministeres navn. [...]

By: Ja, herr minister: jeg stjal Twitter-kontoen din « Web 2.0 partiet

Ja, herr minister: jeg stjal Twitter-kontoen din « Web 2.0 partiet — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:07:20 +0000

[...] Arkivert under Uncategorized ·Tagget Andy Burnham, Det Sosiale Nettet, Nettsensur, Twitter Glimrende ide fra Techcrunch’s Mike Butcher. I etterkant av den engelske kulturministeren Andy Burnhams famøse uttalelser om behovet for å [...]

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:46:46 +0000

News update: Sadly http://twitter.com/andyburnham appears to have been suspended for illegally impersonating a politician but some enterprising sole – possibly the man himself – has set up http://twitter.com/andyburnhammp

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:21:54 +0000

I wrote a short blog on this the other day (after reading the Telegraph’s article on it), and it really is a catastrophic misunderstanding of the web in general.

To quote myself, the internet is “not a country”, it’s an “anonymous environment”. Therefore any form of regulating is going to be a bitch to handle.

Shame Twitter decided to suspend the account, probably peer pressure as usual.

(And the article if anyone’s interested: http://rossmasters.posterous.com/on-internet-filtering)

By: a b

a b — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:16:10 +0000

good on you, andy burnham is obviously an idiot. this labour government is out of control.

By: BorkBoy

BorkBoy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:13:12 +0000

looks like twitter has put an end to the lesson. account suspended. silly twitter!

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StevieB’s Shared Items - December 30, 2008 at Lost in Cyberspace — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:03:10 +0000

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By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:26:04 +0000

Dan Wilson – As it happens this little escapade has already been included in a Cabinet Office Minister’s letter to Burnham about his proposals. The nature of a “Campaigns” has changed a lot in the last couple of years – you should know that. Old fashioned petitions are largely dead and trad media campaigns are pretty dull. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

By: Cal

Cal — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:36:30 +0000

My blog now has 500 odd pages. Some of the entries are undoubtedly unsuitable for children; on some the comments (which I don’t edit) are unsuitable and other entries would perhaps be useful.

So what do I do? Sit down and spend hours and hours deciding which pages are 12s or 15s, under the thread of prosecution should I get it wrong? Or do I just say “stuff it” and give every page an “18″ certificate?

By: Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:05:32 +0000

The govt’s idea’s a rubbish and unworkable one. No doubt. Burnham’s position is absurd.

Does anyone think that one of Britain’s proactive web-centric journos (Mike Butcher) could have taken a more proactive position?

He could have led a meaningful camaign against this nonsense. I’d have been right behind that.

Mike Butcher on cinema style ratings for websites = *I’ll steal a twitter account.* (shiny, shiny)

By: Steve Vale

Steve Vale — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:57:09 +0000

Isn’t there a list 12,000 BNP members on the internet
would be nice if he was found to be following all of them. Might just take a little explaining, let me know if “he” ever gets over a thousand and I’ll “out him” to The Daily Mail.