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When will Twitter figure out that Jack Layton is dead?
This is what came up on-screen today.
Among some New Democrats, Jack Layton will always be their immortal leader.
It turns out that the former Toronto-Danforth MP also lives on in the Twitterverse.
Today, the social-media site keeps urging me to follow Layton, even though he's been dead for nearly 11 months.
Surely, Twitter has enough staff to do something about this situation.
Follow Charlie Smith on Twitter at twitter.com/csmithstraight.
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Jul 14, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Charlie, hadn't you heard, Twitter Corp. are New Democrats!
Jul 14, 2012 at 12:49 pm
How exactly is this Twitter's responsibility? The NDP was running the account; it's their responsibility to delete it if they do not want it showing up like that anymore.
Jul 14, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Even dead Jack Layton is far far a better leader than the HarperCon idiots we have on the hill , I Miss you Jack .
Jul 16, 2012 at 3:09 pm
In a week that saw a media shitstorms over such non-issues as Globe and Mail editor Stephen Wicary moving to Cuba, Harper saying Calgary is the best city in the country, and some Toronto nutjob Muslim preacher saying that women should be legally required to cover up, this just might take the cake for being the non-newsiest non-news item that someone got paid to write for a widely circulated publication. Congratulations, Charlie Smith: the competition was fierce, but you delivered.
Jul 17, 2012 at 8:18 pm
These people get paid?
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