Why The Fake AP Stylebook Is Blowing Up: It Involves Lulz
by Robert Quigley | November 4th, 2009
Two weeks after its creation, @FakeAPStylebook has netted more than 40,000 Twitter followers, 2,500 list mentions, and may soon have a book deal. What does it take for a Twitter account to blow up like that? Tweeting a lot helps. Oh, so does being funny, particularly to AP-embittered journalists. For instance: "All mentions of the band Dokken should be followed by the parenthetical aside '(rhymes with ROCKIN').'" (more...)
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