“This is the emergence of the super organism,” one futurist put it.
Today’s newest Internet meme is a bleep sign. It started with @, the founder of Twitter.
Then top Twitterer @ used it:
And now Summize can’t even keep up with it.
can’t find it, that’s how cryptic it is.
My buddy AJ wrote about it, and at one point, we were analyzing the phenomenon of this non-word, and how we could capitalize on it. The fact that it spread so fast just amazed us.
The simple copy and paste action allowed this to spread from one or two people to everybody.
Two people saw my Twitter update and thought something was wrong with Twitter:
Nicole: “Did you black out the word: mager Listening to Leo G’s daily blaze mix. Turn this █████ up!”
Morgan: “Hey, when did Twitter start protecting my delicate sensibilities?”
Here is the actual bytecode: %E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88
What do you think of this useless character? I think it’s pretty █████ing weird.
Update
@ found possibly the first use of *bleep*
