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We stumbled upon this very weird picture on the front page of the Swedish IDG News website next to an article about how businesses can promote themselves on Twitter (a partial translation of this article in CIO Magazine). The strange thing is that the image they used is the Twitter logo on what looks like a cigarette pack.
What were they thinking? Twitter smokes?
Here is a partial screenshot of the front page so you can see what we’re talking about:
We faded out the irrelevant parts slightly to emphasize the relevant article.
Update: It IS a cigarette pack. More information in the comments below.
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There’s no denying that Google Chrome continues to be the darling of the web browser market. And as we predicted in July last year, Chrome overtook Firefox around November 2011.
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allen tsang
September 11th, 2008 at 10:15 am
uh, i think they mean that twitter is dangerously addictive, like cigarettes.
Pingdom
September 11th, 2008 at 10:28 am
@Allen: Maybe, but… a wee bit farfetched in that case, don’t you think?
daragh
September 11th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Should’ve gone for the ol’ crack pipe metaphor.
Erin
September 16th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Bad buisness. tsk tsk those sweeds sure are buisness killers.
Observer
September 16th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Hint (and image source): http://carrotblog.com/twitter-cigarette
imonsei
September 17th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I would rather suspect they went for the “twitter is as unhealthy as them thurr cigarettes” approach.
but it says in the text “The way your company can make use of microblogging” – “The microblog service Twitter is the perfect tool for companies who would like to have personal communication with clients and co-workers.”
Pingdom
September 17th, 2008 at 2:36 am
@Observer: Thanks for the tip. (And also thanks to Evan at Twitter who sent in the same info via email.)
So, it indeed IS a pack of cigarettes.
You have to love the warning on the side of the package (at http://carrotblog.com/twitter-cigarette you can see it properly):
“Surgeon General: Prolonged Twittering may lead to an increased risk for developing Internet Celebrity Disorder & compulsive viewing of Lolcats”
Lewis Ray
August 3rd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
This is rather funny. It is often what happens when a social phenominan breaches other societies and cultures. Specially when the word in one society is made up. There is no word for it in another language and it often gets confused. Kinda funny actually.