@moontweet Censored by Twitter for having an interesting trending topic named #moonfruit

Is Twitter.com going to die and decay with censorship?

A contest held by @moontweet caught on BIG on Twitter. Blowing the trending topics away for many days in a row. This is an EXCELLENT maneuver of product branding. However, this has seemed to make twitter take a step back and start changing policies.

Mashable explains here that some  pranksters assembled to create havoc on twitter. This has led to some very tough choices for Twitter. Apparently #moonfruit gets to be the guinea pig for this censorship. The company has altered their contest in an attempt to comply with Twitters new rules.

It really is a shame that these kind of things happen. If Twitter had taken the time to build a site that could not easily be taken under control, this would never happen. Spam is and issue… Just ask Craigslist. I fear that if this issue is not handled properly, Twitter will die a quick death.

I personally hope Twitter takes a step back and thinks about what they are embarking upon. What they say about the road they are traveling on is most true at this very moment.

Is this the proverbial shark being jumped by Twitter?

OH! I will be tweeting this blog, along with #moonfruit too @moontweet…

RIP #moonfruit… Rest in piece.

Sincerely,

@fredgarrett

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@trent_reznor vs @fredgarrett custom t-shirts

I joked about it online with a few folks.

#fuckfred

Then someone approached me with a VERY serious offer and a great looking website for something JUST like this.

The shirts are VERY good quality and the customer service is AMAZING!

I am thinking of buying Trent Reznors name on www.leapfish.com to advertise these. (Thoughts?)

Check out the site;

http://bit.ly/RABMv

Please feel free too tweet or promote this into oblivion!

It can also be viewed here;

http://fredwgarrettiii.slightlysick.com/home

Their homepage is hilarious as well…

UPDATE:

I was going to buy Trent Reznors name on leapfish.com to advertise the blog, then I did some research and found that his name was not searched nearly as much as the term I ended up buying;

http://bit.ly/15Oft4

I own that term FOR LIFE!

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#Eric fans and Nine Inch Nails fans would like to see MORE censorship

You read that title right!

I had planned on never having to write Trent Reznors name again. Best laid plans and all…

SO.

Tonight, I got home and saw that the same contingency of #eric supporters were attempting to have anyone that, “trolled” Reznor from Twitter… BANNED! NIN fans have joined in the assault as well. As the target of the attack I ask;

What about free speech? Being an American I spoke out against something and it appears as though it was heard LOUD AND CLEAR.

Want to see a bunch of people leave Twitter? Start banning account for people speaking their mind.

ATTENTION: NIN followers and #Eric people that are trying to censor people,

Do you people really want to try silencing someone for speaking out against something?

Really?

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