This afternoon, a friend of mine tweeted "Don't Click: "
I, being a naturally curious human being, proceeded to click the button and saw a page with another button that says "Don't Click"
I clicked on that button as well and then noticed that in my Twitter feed, I had in fact tweeted the same link even though I never consented to do so.
Huzzah! the first twitter social virus!
It seems mostly harmless, just perpetuating itself and breeding. You can check out the graph of its use here:
Here's how it works:
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