{"id":14256,"date":"2016-11-01T07:44:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T07:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14256"},"modified":"2016-11-01T07:49:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T07:49:04","slug":"trumps-twitter-fans-want-hillary-in-prison-not-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/trumps-twitter-fans-want-hillary-in-prison-not-prison.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Twitter fans want Hillary in prison, not prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Trump&#8217;s Twitter fans want Hillary in <\/span>prison<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">, not prison<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Trump&#8217;s Twitter fans want Hillary in prison, not prison:-<\/strong> \u201cHillary for Prison,\u201d an unofficial slogan among Donald Trump supporters, began trending on Twitter Monday complete with an obvious typo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Hillary For Prision,\u201d the trending hashtag read. That\u2019s \u201c<\/span>prison<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201d with an extra \u201ci.\u201d The hashtag climbed to the second trending spot in the U.S., The Wrap noted, right behind \u201cHappy Halloween.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Many users of the misspelled hashtag claimed that a correctly spelled version, \u201cHillary For Prison,\u201d 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kind of sad that in this day and age we have to purposefully make a typo in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HillaryForPrision?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HillaryForPrision<\/a> so that Twitter wont censor it<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Sigg (@PhilSigg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilSigg\/status\/793129918880161793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HillaryForPrision?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HillaryForPrision<\/a> because twitter will censor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HillaryForPrison?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HillaryForPrison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 la lenz (@lany891) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lany891\/status\/793078443072229376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Misspelling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HillaryForPrision?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HillaryForPrision<\/a> is purposeful. Liberals don&#8217;t understand because Twitter doesn&#8217;t censor them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fizzlebinks (@tycomcraig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tycomcraig\/status\/793090372209635328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The hashtag was used as early as August 2015, but it&#8217;s not clear the early use had anything to do with this week&#8217;s events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">At that time, Twitter users claimed a critical hashtag, &#8220;Which Hillary,&#8221; was denied a trending spot by the service. In reality, Twitter said, some hashtags just aren\u2019t as widespread as users\u2019 feeds may lead them to believe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAs elections approach in countries around the world we hear conspiracy theories about political trend manipulation, from activists on the left, the center, and right,\u201d a Twitter spokesman told the site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cBut the actual reason a topic doesn\u2019t trend is because its popularity isn\u2019t as widespread as supporters believe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An algorithm determines Twitter&#8217;s trends based on a user&#8217;s geographic location and followed accounts, the service states on its site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Monday, the second most prominent story in Twitter&#8217;s curated &#8220;Moments&#8221; section featured Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech investor, making the case for Trump&#8217;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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">So maybe Twitter\u2019s alleged pro-Clinton filters are not so effective. Or maybe they don\u2019t exist at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The #1 trend on Twitter right now is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrumpWon?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TrumpWon<\/a> &#8211; thank you!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/780758306239512577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/onpolitics\/2016\/10\/31\/trumps-twitter-fans-want-hillary-prision-not-prison-heres-why\/93075338\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/trumps-twitter-fans-want-hillary-in-prison-not-prison.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s Twitter fans want Hillary in prison, not prison Trump&#8217;s Twitter fans want Hillary in prison, not prison:- \u201cHillary for Prison,\u201d an unofficial slogan among Donald Trump supporters, began trending on Twitter Monday complete with an obvious typo. Hillary For Prision,\u201d the trending hashtag read. 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