Explanation for a movie to have a shocking drop in the box office returns after one day in theaters. It used to be that it took a full week for word to get out on a film's poor quality, but with social networks now people seeing a film on its opening night can report instantly on the prospects of the title.
First seen with the comedy "Bruno", which had an impressive opening night, but then experience a drop of a stunning 39% on its second day of release. It was explained that word-of-mouth was happening instantly nowadays to explain the stunning loss of audiences. Recently seen with "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World", which had a heavy 25% drop on its second day in release.
First seen with the comedy "Bruno", which had an impressive opening night, but then experience a drop of a stunning 39% on its second day of release. It was explained that word-of-mouth was happening instantly nowadays to explain the stunning loss of audiences. Recently seen with "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World", which had a heavy 25% drop on its second day in release.
The movie opened with an impressive Friday box office and was poised for a successful weekend, but then The Twitter Effect kicked in on Saturday and it is now looking like it could be a bomb.
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IM 1: I broke my shoulder, it was painfu;
IM 1: I mean *painful
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IM 1: I mean *painful
IM 2: LMAO! IT WAS SO FUCKING PAIN-FU!
IM 1: Twitter moment lol.
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despite what many people think Twitter is actually really fun. you normally go through 3 stages:
Stage 1- "twitter? god no! thats sooo f*cking stupid."
Stage 2- "fine, i'll get one, but im not gonna use it."
Stage 3- "omg twitter is soooo fun! im following all my fave celebs and i get a whole bunch of new info constantly!"
twitter has a ton of really great quote accounts. nobody posts shit like what they are doing every two seconds any more. if you are considering getting a twitter, you should get one. its matured.
Stage 1- "twitter? god no! thats sooo f*cking stupid."
Stage 2- "fine, i'll get one, but im not gonna use it."
Stage 3- "omg twitter is soooo fun! im following all my fave celebs and i get a whole bunch of new info constantly!"
twitter has a ton of really great quote accounts. nobody posts shit like what they are doing every two seconds any more. if you are considering getting a twitter, you should get one. its matured.
twitter used to be for lameasses who couldnt get a facebook. now its a great site where you can laugh your head off and get great celeb info.
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kate just finished going through the 3 stages of Twitter
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Generally benign users may be caught up in a twitter storm, when vocal political activists lash out and project their social ineptitude on anyone they disagree with. Twitter has been used by many in creating online echo chambers, doxxing, dog-piling and bullying people out of employment. It also acts like a late-capitalist version of the Stasi.
Generally useful if you want to shout into the digital aether.
Generally benign users may be caught up in a twitter storm, when vocal political activists lash out and project their social ineptitude on anyone they disagree with. Twitter has been used by many in creating online echo chambers, doxxing, dog-piling and bullying people out of employment. It also acts like a late-capitalist version of the Stasi.
Generally useful if you want to shout into the digital aether.
Johnny Fuckwit; Did you see what some ghastly apper said about a vacant bimbo on Twitter?
Quentin Pinkeye; No, i was having dinner with friends.
Quentin Pinkeye; No, i was having dinner with friends.
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