The hijackers also leave a message on the group board reading “Hello, we hereby announce that we have officially hijacked your Facebook group,” the message reads. “This means we control a certain part of the information about you on Facebook. If we wanted we could make you appear in a bad way which could damage your image severly [sic].”

Control Your Info is a website dedicated to security on social-networking sites.  The website contains guidelines for creating content in social media, connecting with people online, and creating passwords and trusting sites.  The site also has a humorous Top 3 Don’ts page.

Many Twitter users support the actions of Control Your Info to inform people about online security.

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   ahex (Bolton, Undisclosed)Reading about “Control Your Info” groups on Facebook. Excellent way to make a point imo. 10 Nov 2009 from web
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   dwayneWa (Charlotte, NC) @mackenziefarone very interesting! Facebook’s group settings are quite lax…good for Control Your Info to be civil about it 10 Nov 2009 from web in reply to mackenziefarone
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   SimplyH (Amstelveen, Netherlands) RT @Techmeme: Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hacked http://bit.ly/1aFUHG – luckily these were good hackers giving us a warning 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   dmagy (Longmont, CO)Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups: http://tinyurl.com/ygej2gg [Sometimes you have to push to get someones attention] 10 Nov 2009 from web
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   gilzow (Undisclosed)RT @SocialMediaSec: RT @raduboncea Facebook Hacked for Real This Time http://j.mp/2eMaAb <- some good points abt security at #facebook 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
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   pennysaverwired (Maryland)Actually the website has some good points about info safety.. Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups – http://bit.ly/129Hya #cnn 10 Nov 2009 from web

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Ares I-X is “NASA’s first flight test for the agency’s next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system”

According to the Ares I-X mission website, this test launch will demonstrate and collect key data on:

• Roll and overall vehicle control
• Staging/separation
• Vehicle integration, assembly, and launch operations
• Aerodynamic thermal, and vehicle loads
• First Stage reentry dynamics for recovery

A live press conference and footage of the launch can be watched at NASA TV.

NASA-connected Twitter users are tweeting about the successful launch.

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   egvick go go go go go go go go go go go go #Ares I-X!!!! 28 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   NASA_EDGE Way to go Ares!!!!! 28 Oct 2009 from web
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   Astro_Jose Beautiful launch of Ares 1-X! Good separation! 28 Oct 2009 from txt
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   StationCDRKelly Looks like a successful launch! 28 Oct 2009 from UberTwitter
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   NASA_Langley Congratulations to the entire Ares I-X team! Great to see a new rocket in flight after 30 years. 28 Oct 2009 from web
6. 
   NASA_Langley Our Center director sent out congratulations to Ares I-X team after launch of “today’s critical step in future of human U.S. spaceflight.” 28 Oct 2009 from web

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The focus is on the number 350 because it is ”the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere.”

Thousands around the world participated in the Day of Action by incorporating the number 350 in a photo somewhere in their community and sending photos to the 350.org website.

Many Twitter users around the world showed support for the Day of Action by sharing TwitPics of their communities and themselves with the number 350.

San Antonio, Texas per @gharman

Vancouver, B.C. per @arono

New York, New York per @jwarnow

Toronto, Canada per @teamsharkwater

Sydney, Australia per @lianerossler

Tunisia per @anked

Auckland, New Zealand per @taylaakurangi

Portland, Oregon per @keen

Bayonne, France per @jeep

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First, Microsoft and Twitter reached an agreement to include Twitter search results in Microsoft’s Bing. The new site bing.com/twitter does not just sort Twitter search results chronologically but by relevancy as well, based on an algorithm that includes number of followers.

Hours later, it was announced by Mashable that Google and Twitter struck a deal to include real-time tweets in Google’s results.

Many Twitter users are excited about Bing’s new Twitter search engine and are pleased with some of the features.

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   Fitz (Chicago, IL)Bing’s Twitter search includes “Top links shared in Tweets” based on whatever you search. I think that’s pretty sweet. #Bing #Twitter 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   USCComputerStor (Los Angeles, CA)What do you think? We’re kinda psched… RT @Scobleizer: Bing’s Twitter site JUST OPENED: http://www.bing.com/twitter 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   laputean (Undisclosed) so interesting how Bing’s twitter organize the search http://bit.ly/354tH6 (here is a xenakis serach) 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   zebs (Undisclosed) Bing’s twitter search baby is born http://www.bing.com/twitter. Not awful. Funny how RT is built in, w/ bit.ly no less. HT @leighleighsf 21 Oct 2009 from Echofon
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   WillBrown (Washington D.C.) I think I actually like Microsoft Bing’s Twitter search engine. Especially the top URLs tweeted about the search term. 21 Oct 2009 from mobile web

 But not all Twitter users liked the Bing addition.

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   ErinLBrennan (Chicago, IL)what’s up with bing’s twitter search? its just not the same. 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   GustavoZengen (Porto Alegre, Brasil) O Bing tem um sistema que busca no Twitter agora? Mas que coisa inútil, o próprio Twitter faz isso… Não é? lol # Bing’s Twitter (Bing has a system that seeks on Twitter now? But the thing useless, Twitter itself does this … Not? lol # Bing’s Twitter) 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   Kelsey_Krause (Undisclosed) i dont know about bing’s twitter… not really liking it. 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   dh_radio (Undisclosed) In our opinion, Bing’s Twitter Search layout could be much better. No one likes to scroll down forever. 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   _leajonas (Undisclose) Bing’s Twitter is pretty useless .. 21 Oct 2009 from web
6. 
   C0llegeKid (Undisclosed)Bing’s Twitter integration is really ugly and counter-intuitive. As I should have expected. 21 Oct 2009 from web

 Some felt as though the Google deal was a blow to the Bing announcement, as Google remains the world’s most popular search engine. Here were some another initial thoughts from the Twitterverse when the Google deal was announced:

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   nathanbyrne (St. Joseph, Mo.) The zillion-dollar Twitter valuation makes more sense now. RT @adamostrow what a friggin day … google, bing, twitter, facebook … oh my! 21 Oct 2009 from web
2. 
   KBEuro (Undisclosed) Bing!BangBoom RT @fredericl Google (in coming months) will also show realtime Twitter updates in search results http://bit.ly/1U27fr #ERWWPR 21 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   ninjadza (Scotland) RT: @mashable: BREAKING: Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter – http://bit.ly/1c9HVO : thats better than the bing news! who uses bing? 21 Oct 2009 from Echofon
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   attybegemann (Connecticut) RT @ConradSaam You thought Bing and Twitter was big? Google gets in bed with Twitter today too. http://bit.ly/2Y1UJz 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   georgestanley (Leamington Spa, U.K.) Both Google and Bing integrate Twitter into search… guessing the timing isn’t a coincidence. Could this be the twitter business model? 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   jayhutch (New York, N.Y.) Take that Bing! RT @mashable: BREAKING: Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter – http://bit.ly/1c9HVO 21 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck

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This happened even though the phrase “No God” had been tweeted far more times than the phrase “Know God,” and was even the top trending topic at one point.

Earlier today Rev Run Simmons, member of former hip hop group Run-D.M.C. and star of MTV’s Run’s House, posted this tweet causing a trending topic war between the phrases “Know God” and “No God”.

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   RevRunWisdom Know God… Know Peace. No God.. No Peace!. 20 Oct 2009 from mobile web

Many Twitterers are concerned that Twitter did indeed alter the trending topic list on the site by deliberately removing “No God” (which did result in plenty of spam and anti-religious remarks after some time):

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   TonyVenom (Chicago, IL)Twitter a free speech eating monster & pusher of spam is here to regulate you. 140 characters of agenda. #TwitterFail #Censorship 21 Oct 2009 from Power Twitter
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   morb01 (Chesterfield, UK) @Monicks i dont like religion but i hate censorship more, twitter was a place i felt safe to be atheist and free to discuss, now its church 21 Oct 2009 from Power Twitter in reply to Monicks
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   catgoesmeow (Undisclosed) This isn’t about “No God” or “Know God”; this is about #censorship Demand that Twitter rights this wrong! #censorship 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   hpboomzz (Tennessee) how is it right to censor “no god” and change it to “know god” some people dont believe in god, some do. fight #censorship 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   clamairy (Undisclosed) Twitter = censorship. For shame. no god 21 Oct 2009 from web
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   DieselDragon (Farnborough, UK) Let’s keep the fight for free speech up best we can…If Twitter goes down, maybe they’ll learn a much needed lesson! #censorship no god 21 Oct 2009 from web

Breaking Tweets has asked Twitter for comment and will post its response immediately, should one be received.

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According to Twitter clicking on the “report for spam” link alerts Twitter that the account is a possible spam account and blocks the account from following you or replying to you.

Twitter considers an account spam if they use any of the following actions.

• Posting harmful links (including links to phishing or malware sites)
• Abusing the @reply function to post unwanted messages to users
• Creating lots of accounts or using automated tools to create multiple accounts
• Spamming trending topics to try to grab attention
• Repeatedly posting duplicate updates
• Posting links with unrelated tweets
• Aggressive following behavior (for instance, mass following and un-following in order to gain attention)

Twitter users are excited about the new feature as they begin to spam users and clean up their accounts.

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   PeterClumpy (Harrogate) Good news. Brittney appears to have stopped stalking me – thanks to Twitter’s Report Spam Option 13 Oct 2009 from web
2. 
   crabsnu (Undisclosed) The report spam option is the best thing since sliced bread in my opinion. Luuuvve it! 13 Oct 2009 from web
3. 
   RadekKolecki (Undisclosed) Finally with the report spam option for Twitter we may see fewer tools spamming nonsense and abusing the trend topic 13 Oct 2009 from web
4. 
   justiceblob (Nottinghamshire, England) Report Spam Option- quite possibly The best feature of Twitter other than tweeting itself. Bye Bye Britney porn! 13 Oct 2009 from Echofon
5. 
   MyCondoNow (Undisclosed) Twitter will finally have a report Spam option! No more teeth whitening and makemoneynow feeds. 13 Oct 2009 from web
6. 
   bernardoChris (Undisclosed) Im loving the Report Spam Option, Just cleaned out my @replys of most of the spam. Fun fun fun…. 13 Oct 2009 from web
7. 
   diarreamental (Undisclosed) @twitter @spam Thank you for the new report spam option! 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   AnnetteSlater (West Sussex, England) Excellent! we now have a Report Spam Option. Now we can clean up twitter from those blimmin porn and advertising sites! Great news! 13 Oct 2009 from web

Some Twitter users are excited about the new spam feature and would also like to see the long-awaited retweet feature added to the site. Twitter says it is in the plans.

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   aidadoll (Undisclosed) they got a report spam option now? good, now get a retweet option 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   J3rWin (Chennai, India) ohh rite we got the report spam option now..,,n wherez the retweet option ? 13 Oct 2009 from web
3. 
   adamsimon (Orlando, FL) “Report Spam Option” is a start, but now the Twitter site interface needs updating. Besides reply and fave, add Spam and RT options. 13 Oct 2009 from web

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A YouTube video shows Snowe discussing why she is in support of the bill.

According to the Associated Press Snowe’s support could mean “the 60th vote required to overcome Republican objections to the bill.”  This would also mean that the final version of the bill would be called bi-partisan.

This is not the first time Snowe has has broken with the Republican Party.

Hundreds of Twitter users are upset with Snowe’s vote.

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   KTrader (Arizona) Olympia Snowe is a poster child of what is wrong with the Republican party which has once again become the Democratic Party Lite. 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   sungenis (Vineland, NJ) Thank you, Senator Snowe, and the Democrats on the Finance Committee, for wanting me to die quicker and poorer. I will remember. 13 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
3. 
   mikieelmo (Tennessee) #Olympia Snowe SOLD OUT OUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN … 13 Oct 2009 from web
4. 
   et1123 (Tacoma, WA) Olympia Snowe is a turncoat of the worst kind. Why does she pretend to be a conservative/republican? She is a liberal through and through 13 Oct 2009 from web
5. 
   whiskers7 (Maine) It really aggravates me about Snowe since I live here , I can’t believe that she could be so completely naive 13 Oct 2009 from web

 Hundreds of other Twitter users are grateful of her vote and support the Maine Senator.

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   mbattistella (Charlotte, NC) Yeah! Olympia Snowe to vote for the Healthcare Reform Bill!! Awesome 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   rabidbnlfan (Baltimore, MD) Cudos for Olympia Snowe!!! A Republican with a mind of her own and backbone!! Very impressed! 13 Oct 2009 from web
3. 
   AnedaCko (Undisclosed) Thank you Olympia Snowe for voting Health Care Reform. Too bad Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) didn’t have the balls to help women and children. 13 Oct 2009 from web
4. 
   cpaladines (New York, NY) Thank you Olympia Snowe. This might just happen, eh? 13 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
5. 
   anniebeecoffee (Undisclosed) Thank you for stepping forward, Ms. Snowe!! 13 Oct 2009 from web

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After “scoring” with a woman, users can add her to a Brag List where “you can include a name, date and whatever details you remember.”  Users can even share their Brag List on Twitter and Facebook.

Here is a YouTube demonstration of how to use the app.

Hundreds of Twitterers voiced their disapproval, some even saying the company should pull the Pepsi app.

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   pigtailpals (Janesville, WI) My problem w/ Pepsi’s new iPhone app? Objectifies women – seduce, use, discard. Leads to thinking like this… http://tinyurl.com/yjlxg8f 12 Oct 2009 from web
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   ordinal (London, England)“if” our app was in bad taste? Pull it now and apologise properly, you idiots. #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
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   Simmone01 (Undisclosed) I’m thinking I can’t support a company that employs such idiots! #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from web
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   JPWP (Toronto, ON)Until app removed I’m guessing PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi advising her daughter to avoid boys with iPhones http://bit.ly/ZJiAG #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   HireKarenJMoran (St. Augustine, FL) HEY PEPSI if only pikup lines that apply to my category R an insult how could I NOT be offended?!? PULL APP! http://bit.ly/226L5I #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from web
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   RachelYeakley (Kansas City, MO) There’s no IF. It WAS in bad taste. RT @mashable: Pepsi and AMP: We Apologize If Our App Was In Bad Taste – http://bit.ly/oCYam #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   CherylMorgan (Somerset) Oh look, more people who think that being offensive is “funny”: http://is.gd/4fZkD #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from Seesmic
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   julietokeefe (Terminal City)I wish I drank Pepsi so that I could declare my intention to never do so again. #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from web
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   kathrynkosak (Winston Salem, NC) #pepsifail – and how to misuse social media = who the hell greenlighted this one?….via @adamostrow http://bit.ly/1w1TEp 12 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck

Some Twitterers have found the app quite humorous.

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   h269 (England) So funny. Coke should do a girls’ version >:) RT @mashable Alienate Your Female Customers? Pepsi Has An App For That http://bit.ly/238Vp1 12 Oct 2009 from web
2. 
   Casieg (Boston, MA) I don’t know how I missed the Pepsi/AMP app controversy but I think that is hilarious! Boys should use that http://bit.ly/N00sK 12 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   ManInstitute (Vancouver, BC)Some people need to grow a sense of humor. This is ridiculous. I’m pissed that nobody created the app sooner #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from web
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   digitalfemme (Frankfurt, Germany) @cheeky_geeky @mashable I’m very comfortable w/ my “digitalfemmeness”. I think Pepsi’s BEFORE YOU SCORE app is brilliant! Funny! Cute. 12 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck

After much controversy and use of the #Pepsifail hashtag by many Twitter users, Pepsi has apologized if some find the app in bad taste, even using the hashtag themselves.

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   AMPwhatsnext Our app tried 2 show the humorous lengths guys go 2 pick up women. We apologize if it’s in bad taste & appreciate your feedback. #pepsifail 12 Oct 2009 from web

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that the vaccine be given to pregnant women, caregivers to children under 6 months of age, healthcare and emergency medical employees, all people aged 6 months through 24 years old, and persons aged 25 to 64 years old with health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza.

Many states who have received the vaccine are prioritizing children and healthcare employees to receive the vaccine first.

Many Twitter users say they do not trust the new vaccine. Some even joke it will turn everyone into zombies.

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   Chochracer (undisclosed) I’m pretty sure the h1n1 vaccine will lead to a zombie plauge. 02 Oct 2009 from mobile web
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   pinaicolada (New Jersey) The new H1N1 flu vaccine will cause a zombie outbreak…I hope :] It’s some I AM LEGEND shit right there. Or maybe a real ZOMBIELAND. 03 Oct 2009 from twidroid
3. 
   MatthewCandela (undisclosed) i’ve heard the h1n1 vaccine turns you into a flesh eating zombie. #passiton 05 Oct 2009 from web
4. 
   mark_gonzales (Los Angeles, CA) I refuse to get the H1N1 vaccine. I’ve watched plenty of zombie movies to know better. 06 Oct 2009 from web
5. 
   derekwurster (Hoffman Estates, IL) Could the H1N1 vaccine shots be the end of americans and start an I Am Legend-like situation with 2/3 of the nation takin the vaccine?? 06 Oct 2009 from twidroid
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   JessieEskew (Anderson, IN) i’m pretty sure the h1n1 vaccine will be the cause of bringing i am legend to life. 07 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
7. 
   MoscowMad (undisclosed) That new H1N1 vaccine is going to turn people into zombies. Watch. I’m ready though. Are you? 07 Oct 2009 from Echofon
8. 
   MYdressCODE (undisclosed) watch! the vaccine of the H1N1 virus is gone make the world like “i AM LEGEND” 07 Oct 2009 from web

Here’s some other buzz about the new vaccine:

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   CJacquemin (Keystone, CO) They have developed an H1N1 vaccine! Go get vaccinated! 07 Oct 2009 from web
2. 
   vvrotny (Winnetka, IL) @jonbecker yes, both my kids are getting h1n1 vaccine, but not the nasal one. with a daughter on immune-suppressants, a must 07 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck in reply to jonbecker
3. 
   MissBernardo (undisclosed) Wants my h1n1 vaccine already 07 Oct 2009 from Echofon
4. 
   randombabble (Seoul, South Korea) OK, my unofficial opinion is that the H1N1 vaccine doesn’t seem like it will kill me. 07 Oct 2009 from web

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Condé Nast also publishes other popular magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Golf Digest.

According to the Wall Street Journal the closures are due to a slump in magazine advertising.

Twitter users voice their unhappiness about the closing publications.

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   lotuspad (Cambridge, MA) Sad to hear about more cuts at Conde Nast. Cookie was a good magazine sometimes, just too focused on the rich (aren’t they all?) 05 Oct 2009 from web
2. 
   steve_duncan (undisclosed) Sad day. Gournet magazine shuttered. Not profitable enough for Conde Nast. Touch Bon Appetit and I’ll be after you. 05 Oct 2009 from web
3. 
   krazpr (Santa Monica, CA) Heartbroken and surprised over closure of Gourmet Magazine. It’s SO much better than Bon Apetit, what is Conde Nast thinking? 05 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   clintonrsmith (Atlanta, GA)Gourmet magazine, along with three other Conde Nast titles, shuttered. Sad. My heart hurts. 05 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
5. 
   lisaloeb4real (Los Angeles, CA) shocked that Conde nast is shutting down Gourmet magazine. boo. Well, maybe Ruth Reichl will write more books for us. 05 Oct 2009 from web
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   TheGastronomer (New York)Did the best food magazine just close? Yeah it did. Gourmet shuttered: http://bit.ly/IpbMT I’m canceling all Conde Nast-y magazine subs now! 05 Oct 2009 from Echofon

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