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Twitter Unveils New Premium Accounts

bbspot.com — Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams today announced part of the company's long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts.

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  • vinko, on 03/19/2009, -6/+463Isn't this a joke? BBSpot is like The Onion.
  • xcise, on 03/19/2009, -4/+275Wow. iT's a liTTle Exp€nsive for 5 more characterS :P

    >> Sent from a MacBook Wheel
  • crazlunatic, on 03/19/2009, -10/+271Best ending statement ever: Analysts peg Twitters value near the GDP of Canada.
  • CanadaMan87, on 03/19/2009, -1/+151"Copyright 1999-2008 by BBspot LLC
    BBspot is a tech satire news and geek humor source, and meant to be funny.
    If you are easily offended, gullible, or don't have a sense of humor, we suggest you go elsewhere. Those without the geek gene activated should also avoid this site."
  • Mystalic, on 03/19/2009, -3/+86People need to actually read articles and understand the source before commenting.

    On a side note, I'm already signed up for a "Black" account and will let you all know how it is.
  • inactive, on 03/19/2009, -3/+86You require a 4CHAN GOLD account to view this image.
  • lewkus, on 03/19/2009, -22/+98what the hell is a random follower?

    if you got a free a/c does this mean you randomly might end up having to skip over premium a/c tweets spamming your twitter feed?
  • inactive, on 03/19/2009, -3/+75Lol to this comment from the article;

    "I want the "Turkey Vulture" option:
    ($1475/month) – Users get 793 character limit, 12006 extra random followers, 9 celebrity followers of their choice, 17 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, "Fail Whale" tuxedo, custom "Fail Whale" page when service is down"
  • ECas123, on 03/20/2009, -1/+65òòòòò òòòòò, òòò? òòòòò!!!! òòòò òò òòòò. òòòòòòò òò òòò òòòò.

    >> Sent from Sony's New Stupid Piece Of ***** That Doesn't ***** Work.
  • essjay, on 03/19/2009, -4/+62Yes, like the Onion. Except the Onion is funny.
  • jshare, on 03/19/2009, -3/+56This is funny, but it should have been submitted in Offbeat or Comedy instead of being passed off as real news
  • belzner, on 03/19/2009, -1/+53You, sir, are a random follower.
  • bwishey, on 03/19/2009, -2/+50Little early for April 1st.
  • drex8, on 03/19/2009, -1/+47Lol this guy called Max (a commenter on the bbspot page) goes as far to argue and discount the claim.
    ""Analysts peg Twitters value near the GDP of Canada." What? What is your source?
    In other words, you mean: Twitter is worth more than Google and Microsoft and Yahoo! and Superman put together ?
    Canada's GDP is a little over 1.5 trillion $. (source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publi...k/print/ ca.html )" http://www.haloscan.com/comments/briggsb/twitter_p ...
  • LordPhoenyx, on 03/20/2009, -1/+44You guys realize this is a joke right?
  • Matt88, on 03/19/2009, -0/+41Any other people just read the Digg comments to see how many idiots don't actually get that this is a joke?
  • bitman666, on 03/19/2009, -10/+46LMFAO brilliant, good one.

    No, seriously, sign me up.
  • sunnycuts, on 03/19/2009, -3/+35*our GDP is based on maple syrup sales and alex trebek .
  • JonProject, on 03/19/2009, -3/+32It's true, I've never heard anyone say "aboot" before. It's ***** annoying eh?
  • AngryBacon, on 03/20/2009, -0/+241981-6584-1811-1897
    10/11
    059

    Edit:
    Uhh, it shows up for me...
  • brandonchicago, on 03/19/2009, -0/+23I feel like an ass for falling for this past the first bullet point. Self-fail.
  • appleswitch, on 03/20/2009, -0/+22AngryBacon:
    XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    XX/XX
    XXX

    thats what I see

    See, when YOU type 059, it shows to us as XXX
  • Zippo, on 03/19/2009, -3/+24The only people who actually say "aboot" are Americans trying to make fun of Canadians.
  • iamghost, on 03/19/2009, -2/+23Wow
  • gmoney1, on 03/20/2009, -0/+21How did you make it on the internet with that thing anyway? I couldn't even get it to turn on.
  • afidler, on 03/19/2009, -1/+22"Isn't this a joke? BBSpot is like The Onion."

    I think that you answered yourself...
  • Jaggd, on 03/19/2009, -1/+20the funniest part is the fact that by the end of the article, anyone would think this is anything but a joke lol
  • Zedizdead, on 03/19/2009, -2/+21I fell for it!
  • Zcrubby, on 03/20/2009, -0/+18All you need to do is type your credit card number, but don't worry, they censor it for everyone else!
    XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    XX/XX
    XXX

    See?
  • Vindicoth, on 03/20/2009, -1/+18ITS FUNNY BECAUSE ONLY PEOPLE WHO READ BASH.ORG KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!
  • tehmark, on 03/19/2009, -0/+17even though its a joke, I really want a failwhale shirt
  • EdwardsNH, on 03/20/2009, -1/+18First rule of the "Black" account, there is no "Black" account.
  • spect3r, on 03/19/2009, -5/+20I LIKE IT B/C ITS NOT TRUE
  • BungaloBob26, on 03/20/2009, -0/+13XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    XX/XX
    XXX

    Hey! It really does work!
  • jakk, on 03/19/2009, -0/+13HAHAA, I actually bought this for a while, too.


    Hilarious.
  • WarrenG1983, on 03/19/2009, -0/+12"About:
    Called "the world's greatest tech humour site" by The Register, BBspot creates entertainment for the geekier side of the world. BBspot produces a variety of features like fake news stories satirizing the tech and political worlds, the BBspot Mailbag which pokes fun at the Believers (people who believe our fake news) and much more."
  • jrtcs, on 03/19/2009, -0/+10It's where you tell the world what you had for breakfast as if they give a *****.
  • inactive, on 03/20/2009, -0/+10As a Canadian, this makes me feel a lot better.
  • Elranzer, on 03/20/2009, -0/+9So THIS is what all the Twitter spam on Digg has been building up to...
  • soupcan58, on 03/19/2009, -0/+9How about reading the article and noticing it's a joke before you comment?
  • etx313, on 03/19/2009, -1/+10Damnit, I want the Fail Whale Tuxedo!!!!!!11
  • soupcan58, on 03/19/2009, -0/+9I'm a proud American, and I only deserve the best. The Eagle plan is the one I need!
  • rick2k, on 03/19/2009, -1/+10I looked at the URL... it wasnt the onion.. i got veyr confused for a second there.
  • tiberone, on 03/20/2009, -1/+10I honestly didn't :-\
  • inactive, on 03/20/2009, -0/+9What type of card is that? VISA, MASTERCARD or AMERICAN EXPRESS. I won't steal a DISCOVER card sorry.
  • PrplHaze, on 03/20/2009, -0/+8yeah, but did you tweet it like I did? haha
  • danielsamuels, on 03/20/2009, -0/+8LOUD NOISES!
  • kjlowe, on 03/20/2009, -0/+7How did you get my security code?
  • sageerrant, on 03/19/2009, -0/+7Come on, shell out for the tux.
  • AaronH, on 03/19/2009, -4/+11Yea, so they are going to make 1000 people follow you? This article seems bizarre.

    @aaronheine
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