R.I.P to all of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting victims. For every RT this gets, we will donate $2 to the school and victims.
Someone Was Using the Newtown Shootings To Get Twitter Followers
Yesterday at 2:27 p.m. –— just a few hours after the shooting in Connecticut was first reported — an account called @CTNewtown was created. The account’s first tweet claimed it would donate money to Sandy Hook elementary and the victims for every retweet. UPDATE: The Twitter account was deleted on Saturday night, shortly after this post was published.
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Someone Was Using the Newtown Shootings To...
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1. The account’s first tweet has over 99,130 retweets.
2. There is no information at all about who created the account or how the money is being donated.
3. They have continued to tweet and brag about the number of retweets and the money supposedly raised.
You guys have already raised $17,600! You guys are amazing! #PrayForNewtown
4. Although questions have been raised, they have not addressed or discussed who it is that is “donating” this money.
We have reached 82,000 retweets (3,000 followers) which means $164,000 will be donated and we aren't even finished yet. Wow! #PrayForNewtown
5. The night of the shooting…
If we could reach 5,000 followers by the end of the night, it would mean a lot! RT please! (and don't forget to retweet our first tweet!)
6. Michael van Poppel of @BreakingNews has called out the account as being fake.
Fake account uses CT massacre to get followers, already managed to get nearly 100,000 RTs tinyurl.com/brbva72
7. And yet, just a few minutes ago, they tweeted a “warning” about another fake account.
Everyone please avoid @_Pray4Newtown. They/he have/has no connection to any of the Newtown Shooting victims whatsoever. #PrayForNewtown
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Mari Beth Loudenburg 6 months agoThere is another user “_Pray4Newtown” using the shooting for followers and claiming to have a son named Ryan who was killed in the shooting. That has to be the most sick thing I’ve read.
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deepvoicelady 6 months agoIt’s obvious BS, and sad that anyone would do this. But why would the city of Newtown need donations? The loss of life is devastating and heartbreaking, and the victims couldn’t be replaced by any amount of money. But everyone in this town in affluent enough to afford the funerals and beyond that there is no need for monetary donations. It would be a nice gesture to send money to help pay for grief counselors or funeral arrangements, but there wasn’t any property loss and nobody needs bottled water, canned food, blankets, etc. Why would anyone’s reaction be “Oh I bet they need money!”
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ericamayps 6 months agoI honestly dont understand twitter. Whats the big deal with retweeting?
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