Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hackers "Anonymous" will ahold of Twitter Trending Topic


Not satisfied just hijack the official websites of government and private companies, groups of hackers (hackers) Anonymous plans to master the trending topics Twiiter. Propagated through the release on his blog, Anonymous plans to use the URGE program (Universal Rapid Gamma Emitter). This program is distributed even in these blogs and blog visitors can download a program file from the link provided. URGE This program will be able to make a trending topic without having to post a tweet over and over again.

Anonymous did this because they feel bored with Twitter Trending Topic which they are no longer relevant to the issues raised in the world. According to the group of hackers who becomes the target of this FBI, Twitter Trending Topic is always focused on things that are "entertaining" per se, is not that informative, very impressed also highlight the "pop culture". Anonymous also pointed Twitter Trending Topic rigging so that what appears to be a Trending Topic is interesting things just by Twitter. Also accused of manipulating the Twitter Trending Topic for people around the world talking about the same things as they wish.

Therefore Anonymous said it would change the Twitter Trending Topic so that it contains things related to the livelihood of many people like the politicians that corruption, unrest in Syria, or the work plan U.S. President Barack Obama. Anonymous asserts in a release that the URGE program is not intended for exploitation, but to help the netter who want to disseminate important information without having to copy-paste over and over again or wait in-retweet millions of people.

Twitter Trending Topic list introduced in 2008. At that time, the term or phrase most often typed will appear as a Trending Topic. However, this never made Adam lambert stay in trending topic without discussion related to one another. In May 2010, Twitter Trending Topic to change the concept of the algorithm so that it appears as a Trending Topic is the topic of tweets that volume is increasing in a short time. So, even if millions of teenage girls enter hastag # justinbieber in their tweet, does not guarantee # justinebieber will be a trending topic on-tweet if not simultaneously within a short time.

Regarding Anonymous program that will be developed, the Twitter still has not made a formal statement. They only give a brief statement that everything is opposite the Twitter policy will be considered as Spamming activities and may be categorized as abuse.

Anonymous is not the party who first questioned how Trending Topic work. Previously, Wikileaks also questioned why a hash mark (hastag) # # Cablegates Wikileaks and suddenly disappeared from Twitter Trending Topic on the news this much talked about by the world.
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