The Problem With Twitter

An innocent prank? Not really. I think Ryan will not be pleased. It seems becoming even remotely popular on Twitter draws unnecessary attention from silly people.
Sad times. Perhaps I should only use Twitter-based apps that have successfully implemented OAuth

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