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Is Vine Taking Cues From Hip-Hop?
(The Root) — Ever wonder why Vine videos are six seconds long? The reason may be rooted in hip-hop. Inspired by the popularity of the gif, Twitter’s micro-video-sharing app Vine is growing in popularity. The app allows users to create short looping videos of six seconds or less. It has led to a creative genre…
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Miguel: Blacks Are Too Judgmental?
(The Root) — Miguel has been having a tough time on Twitter lately. First he was immortalized as a meme via countless photoshopped pictures after kicking some fans in the face during the BillBoard Music Awards. Now he’s being dragged through the fire after making a blanket statement about black people. “I’m proud of my…
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Amanda Bynes vs. Rihanna?
(The Root) — Former child star Amanda Bynes’ manic antics continued on Twitter yesterday when she lashed out at Rihanna, seemingly at random. It started when Bynes sent tweets telling Rihanna that she almost named her dog after her and that Chris Brown beat her because she wasn’t pretty enough. Rihanna threw out a quick…
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Teens Build a Car That Runs on 'Social Fuel'
If you’re not too popular on Facebook or Twitter, you may want to work on that — your future mobility may depend on it. A group of Kansas City teens has created a car that runs on social media updates. The social media-powered car is the brainchild of Minddrive, a nonprofit that works with at-risk…
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The Best of DumbestTweets.com
(The Root) — Twitter is a haven for many amazing things — innovative ideas, breaking news, new music — and really, really stupid tweets. Lovette “Luvvie” Ajayi of AwesomelyLuvvie.com runs DumbestTweets.com, a Tumblr full of some of the funniest and plain ole most stupid tweets ever tweeted. They contain goofs that range from really insane…
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Facebook as a Means of Prosecuting Rape
(The Root) — Heads are still reeling after it was discovered that three teenage boys raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and put footage of the attack on Facebook. That this happened to begin with speaks volumes about the things people think they can get away with on and offline — and that this case…
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Twitter Admits Its Privilege
(The Root) — Though Twitter trending topics usually surround the hilarious and ridiculous, this morning saw the rise of a sobering, informative hashtag: #AdmitYourPrivilege. In it, Twitter users outlined the many ways in which they are privileged in society. In addition to naming the usual, obvious privileges — being white, male, straight, Christian, etc. —…
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Chief Keef and Katy Perry Beef on Twitter
(The Root) — Controversial Chicago teen rapper Chief Keef took a swing at pop star Katy Perry on Twitter on Thursday in response to a tweet she made on May 21. She tweeted, “Just heard a new song on the radio called ‘I Hate Being Sober.’ I now have serious doubt for the world.” “I…
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The Curious Case of Rihanna
(The Root) — From her Instagram account, you can gather that Rihanna really loves strippers, smoking and making fun of people who come for her family. She also really likes nudity, both hers and other people’s. On several occasions she has Instagrammed pictures containing nudity, though it is a violation of the site’s terms of…
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Jose Canseco's Shaming Tweets
(The Root) — Jose Canseco danced around many of Twitter’s terms of service yesterday when he posted the personal information of a woman charging him with sexual assault. The tweets have since been deleted, but not before screenshots were taken. In one tweet, Canseco writes, “Wow thats funny I raped u then y did u…