Did You Know Twitter Won‘t Allow Tweets That Start With the Word ’Get’?
- Posted on May 24, 2012 at 9:52am by
Liz Klimas
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See of you “get” this. Twitter apparently won’t let you tweet a little tweet if it starts off with the word “get.”
John Herrman on Buzzfeed points out that typing things like ”get better, get lost, get away, get inside, get out, get asdfgjkdjghlsldskf” will make your tweet disappear the moment you try to post it. Gizmodo coins this flaw the “get glitch.”
Herrman points to a potential reason cited on StackExchange for the “get glitch.” It appears to be left over from Twitter’s old SMS interface. One of the SMS commands was “Get [username]“. This would send what ever your action was to that person.
I tried a “get” command — “get it done” specifically — and this worked. “Get better” did not work. So, this confirms it is a two word “get” tweet that gets stuck.
There are other interesting commands that won’t necessarily complete your tweet but will perform other functions too. Texting “help” or “info” to Twitter won’t post a tweet but will actually provide you with tips. “Fav,“ ”fave,“ and ”favorite” will mark something as a favorite item.
Try it.
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Chi-Fawn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:53pmGet outta town. Does that glitch mean any person who has a profile about the old show “Get Smart” can’t have one?
Report Post »Case_Logic
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:16am***** in the armor still gets censored here, go figure.
Report Post »Case_Logic
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:21amWhat if that chinked armor was deep fried and served hot with gravy and powdered sugar? At least I know Glenn and Pat would be ok with that.
Report Post »scruffycat
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:28amNo soy sauce? really?
Report Post »Shackleford
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:42amThe popularity of Twitter astounds me. It‘s the 21st century’s equivalent of the pet rock.
Report Post »ScottyJ
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:14pmHow cool! OMG I gotta get twitter…what have I been waiting for…I’m gonna do this immediately…oh look, a plane in the sky…
Report Post »Carol in Indy
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:53pmIt‘s George W Bush’s fault.
Report Post »TheSoundOf Truth
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:19pmGet a life
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:13pmGet the &(*(* out
Report Post »9111315
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:11pmWe need congress to fix this.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:57pmGood one! :)
Report Post »kowdung
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 2:30pmStill laughing!
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:08pmGoodness, the number of commenters who simply don’t read the article, but rush to the comments section to unload. I mean, WOW.
And if you don’t care, why did you take the time and energy to post? Good lord. Get…a life!
Finally, to those of you who are just so grumpy you MUST tell us “I don’t tweet…the only tweets are birds….” Seriously, you aren’t cool because you tweet, and you doubly aren‘t cool if you don’t tweet.
Crimeny.
Report Post »freelancer91
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:00pmThat’s a shame. I can think of so many people on Twitter to whom I’d like to say “Get Bent” or “Get a step ladder and jump up my butt”…..
Report Post »STEEEEVE53
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:28pmFront and center, Larry the Cable Guy…….
Report Post »“Git er done !” Problem solved.
Meyvn
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:16amIDC. I leave tweeting for the birds.
Report Post »BassChick
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:30amWho cares? Don’t tweet, don’t care.
Report Post »Get real
Abraham Young
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:27amRead the post carefully gentlemen. Before tweeting, read carefully and parse the words.
People who don‘t read shouldn’t be tweeting.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:25amI thought tweeting was for people who couldn’t read more than what – 240 characters at a time?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:25amAnd Blaze, I love ya but it’s kinda hypocritical to criticize Twitter when your banned words meter is set rather tight. Ritz and Saltines comes to mind. Just sayin’.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:23amHey Blaze, can you please remove the awful, soft porn video pic link of the senior couple’s sex position? It’s rather offensive.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:55amIt’s gone now. Thank you very much!
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:17amDon’t tweet……Don’t care
Report Post »NC
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:16amThe only tweets around her are the birds.
NC (don’t text, tweet of wifi)
Report Post »DonnaA
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:06amI just did and it posted.
Report Post »I said GET out of my life NObama!
@leftfighter
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:00amThere’s a get glitch? Interesting. On to news.
Report Post »DDD
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:48pmJust have to add a “you” to the front. Makes the message much more personal, too. lol
Report Post »thekuligs
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 9:58amDear Blaze, did we magically transport back to APRIL FIRST? I just tweeted, “Get real! Twitter wont allow Tweets that start with the word GET?” and it went just fine. Do you need a screen shot? ;)
Report Post »jetblast3500
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:11amTry it without the exclamation point, or any other punctuation and see what happens. As most tweeters won’t use punction on somethis short, this is where the glitch comes in.
Report Post »Mark Hartman
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:13amGet a clue. This can be accomplished by actually reading the article.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 9:56amGet outta here? Really?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 9:55amI have to wonder if the Fed’s got into the matter; it sounds like their kind of regulatory messups.
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