Trump’s Twitter fans want Hillary in prison, not prison
Trump’s Twitter fans want Hillary in prison, not prison:- “Hillary for Prison,” an unofficial slogan among Donald Trump supporters, began trending on Twitter Monday complete with an obvious typo.
Hillary For Prision,” the trending hashtag read. That’s “prison” with an extra “i.” The hashtag climbed to the second trending spot in the U.S., The Wrap noted, right behind “Happy Halloween.”
Many users of the misspelled hashtag claimed that a correctly spelled version, “Hillary For Prison,” would be filtered by Twitter censors. Inserting a typo was the only way to bypass those to make the hashtag appear in trends, they argued.
Kind of sad that in this day and age we have to purposefully make a typo in #HillaryForPrision so that Twitter wont censor it
— Phil Sigg (@PhilSigg) October 31, 2016
#HillaryForPrision because twitter will censor #HillaryForPrison
— la lenz (@lany891) October 31, 2016
Misspelling #HillaryForPrision is purposeful. Liberals don’t understand because Twitter doesn’t censor them.
— Fizzlebinks (@tycomcraig) October 31, 2016
The hashtag was used as early as August 2015, but it’s not clear the early use had anything to do with this week’s events.
Twitter declined to comment on the accusations to USA TODAY, instead pointing to a prior statement issued to the Huffington Post, which covered allegations of Clinton-related censorship by the social media service in February.
At that time, Twitter users claimed a critical hashtag, “Which Hillary,” was denied a trending spot by the service. In reality, Twitter said, some hashtags just aren’t as widespread as users’ feeds may lead them to believe.
“As elections approach in countries around the world we hear conspiracy theories about political trend manipulation, from activists on the left, the center, and right,” a Twitter spokesman told the site.
“But the actual reason a topic doesn’t trend is because its popularity isn’t as widespread as supporters believe.”
An algorithm determines Twitter’s trends based on a user’s geographic location and followed accounts, the service states on its site.
On Monday, the second most prominent story in Twitter’s curated “Moments” section featured Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech investor, making the case for Trump’s candidacy. Twitter also highlighted a tweet from Donald Trump himself, who bragged last month that Trump Won became the top trend on the site.
So maybe Twitter’s alleged pro-Clinton filters are not so effective. Or maybe they don’t exist at all.
The #1 trend on Twitter right now is #TrumpWon – thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2016
Source:- http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/31/trumps-twitter-fans-want-hillary-prision-not-prison-heres-why/93075338/
