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Mon, Jul 30 2012 17:19:28

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Olympic Updates Lead to Unfollows

Many Twitter users are crying foul as news organizations and reporters tweet results from the Olympic Games far ahead of NBC tape-delayed broadcasts.

  1. Danimichellesc
    Dani Michelle @Danimichellesc
    trying to avoid Olympic spoilers is hard!
    Sat, Jul 28 2012 08:50:31
  2. nicoletankovich
    Nicole Tankovich@nicoletankovich
    On media blackout til I can watch the opening ceremony. #Olympics2012
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 18:03:50
  3. crewbank
    Cliff Ewbank@crewbank
    @Slate how about a spoiler alert guys? >:( #unfollow until September
    Sun, Jul 29 2012 11:50:32
  4. Haleigh_Castino
    Haleigh Castino@Haleigh_Castino
    Officially not checking twitter for the rest of the olympics. Thanks @TIME for ruining the men's swimming finals... #notcool #spoiler
    Sat, Jul 28 2012 12:41:26
  5. caseyannwmu
    Casey Acevedo@caseyannwmu
    @BleacherReport Could you please not ruin this before we see it on TV tonight? That'd be great, thanks.
    Sat, Jul 28 2012 13:34:06
  6. Lirvine98
    Lisa Irvine@Lirvine98
    Guess I can't do Twitter today. Too many spoilers. Yeah, YOU @TIME!
    Sat, Jul 28 2012 12:45:49
  7. Danimichellesc
    Dani Michelle @Danimichellesc
    dammit twitter!!! i was trying to avoid olympic spoilers and i just saw one for match i was really excited ab watching live.
    Sat, Jul 28 2012 15:43:36
  8. caseyannwmu
    Casey Acevedo@caseyannwmu
    So I deleted @cnnbrk and @msnbc from my Twitter and RSS feeds due to incessant Olympic spoilers. It's not perfect, but feels WAY safer.
    Mon, Jul 30 2012 06:39:41
  9. derekmarleyhay
    Derek Marley Hay@derekmarleyhay
    My self imposed social media blackout during the day for the duration of the #Olympics is more difficult than I thought it would be.
    Sun, Jul 29 2012 04:45:31

  10. One Twitter user successfully used TweetDeck to filter out tweets with the words “Olympic,” “Olympics,” and “London2012” from his feed. 

  11. rs_sully
    Ryan Sullivan@rs_sully
    Tweetdeck is saving me from Olympic spoilers. I'm able to keep my Twitter addiction w/o learning who wins every single event tonight. Win.
    Mon, Jul 30 2012 08:43:09
  12. Like any other news organization, the Journal felt some of the backlash.
  13. glentastic
    Glen Mullins@glentastic
    @WSJ Some of us don't like opening Christmas presents early, or reading Olympic spoilers. See you after Closing ceremonies.
    Mon, Jul 30 2012 06:56:58

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