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circusmonkey

The Department of Homeland Security is currently monitoring Twitter and harassing people based on the content of their tweets.  Any thinking individual would see this as a flagrant violation of the First Amendment.  It pissed me off so I decided to do something about it.  Occupy Twitter.
The DHS uses software to search for certain phrases.  A FOIA request discovered they include pretty harmless words like Illegal immigrant, Outbreak, Drill, Strain, Virus, Recovery, Deaths, Collapse, Trojan, and Destroy.  I’m sure there are more, use your imagination.  (I’m betting words like Revolution, Jihad, and Islam are there too.)
I think it would be fun to create a bunch of background noise to mess up their spying.  I’m suggesting that true patriots should tweet constantly using the words they flag.  Don’t say anything aggressive or antigovernment.  Don’t threaten or be negative.  Just use the words in innocent sounding sentences.  Use the hashtag #YRUwatchingme and let’s see if we can get it trending.
My Twitter is @ArchbishopAngus.  Use the hashtag #occupytwitter to help spread the word via FB and Twitter.  Direct people to this page if they want to know more about it.  If we can’t beat the forces of oppression we can it least make it a little harder for them!
Vaya con Dios and Viva la Revolucion.
Angus

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Cele

this was a darn good list. Now, I think that you need to do some updates. Here are some eenanchments that will strengthen your list:> Most Wifi access points in the average conference room are attached to a single IP address. Twitter has now setup rate limits that shut down tweeting when there are two many tweets OR Twitter Searches from the same IP address. As more people start to use Twitter you are going to see more and more of these issues pop up in conference centers.> Ask the venue about adding WiFi Boosters. Most wifi access points aren’t sufficient to handle all of the internet traffic for Laptops, smartphones and Ipads that are accessing the internet. These boosters help you get more people on the network. If you are not sure if you need boosters, ask your tech support team. They can help you figure out what you need.Regarding Tip #6 I used to believe that you should promote a flickr tag but I don’t think so anymore. Most people that are tweeting pictures and videos from smart phones are using the Twitpic, TwitVid or another similiar picture program that is automatically included with their phone. Posting stuff to Flickr is an extra step that slows down the communication process. The last three events that I attended, I skipped the Flickr part all together. I don’t regret it at all.

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