Here is a cool map of Weird Twitter

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Broken / The Internet Here is a cool map of Weird Twitter

Posted By Asher Klein on 10.19.12 at 06:00 PM

The infamous horse behind @horse_ebooks, a Weird Twitter thing youre totally missing out on. Snaps!

The infamous horse behind @horse_ebooks, a Weird Twitter thing you're totally missing out on. Snaps!

Updated! I gave a thought to writing about Google's impending demise for this week's 6 PM-on-a-Friday Internet-theory blog post, and to discussing Newsweek's impending ~~demise~~ transition to digital, and to whether or not most links to sites come from "dark social networks" or not. Fascinating stuff!

Instead, I'm posting a map of "Weird Twitter," which is the best thing your mom will get very mad at you for just trying to explain to her. Unless you're already into @rare_basement, @dril, @arealliveghost (who is the nicest! We've talked!), @UtilityLimb, @tricialockwood (who is also the nicest), @hell_homer, or sea punks, this is going to take more explaining than you or I have time for right now. Suffice it to say that Weird Twitter resides at the intersection of Linguistics and Jokes streets, in the Trolling section of the Twilight Zone. Joining a long and beautiful tradition of maps of fictional places, this one, visible after the jump, can serve as your guide. Update: It's by @tropikoala, I've learned, via former Reader intern @msjamiekeiles.