Twitter got hacked on Wednesday night in a bitcoin scam. The accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, among others were compromised, so in an attempt to contain the problem, Twitter prevented all verified accounts from tweeting for several hours.
So how did the Capitals and Nationals cope? I’m glad you asked.
The Capitals retweeted the Alex Ovechkin’s famous phrase We not suck from the Twitter account @everyword. Retweeting other accounts was the only publishing function that still worked.
After Twitter came back, the Capitals tweeted a GIF of TJ Oshie playing with an iPad on the bench, simulating him composing and publishing a tweet.
hello send tweet pic.twitter.com/L2wVA6aOOg
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 16, 2020
The Nationals also retweeted @everyword to create the message cant tweet but still champions. Perfect.
They also retweeted several fan accounts.
SOUND ON!
Wilmer Difo may or may not have known the mic was hot in the @Nationals dugout when he began singing the national anthem. pic.twitter.com/sJDtsZoLNt
— Jeremy Art (@jeremyart) July 16, 2020
Folks, your World Series Champion Washington @Nationals pic.twitter.com/8melUpVL9I
— Kyra Schu Sche/Her (@KyraSchu) July 16, 2020
The Washington @Nationals – Best record since May 24th (2019) pic.twitter.com/R1mYXMRW0c
— Kyra Schu Sche/Her (@KyraSchu) July 16, 2020
Once Twitter was back, they published this.
can tweet and still champions
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 16, 2020
So that was weird.
is this f*cking thing working yet ldsafkljsdajflkasdfjkl;adsf
… oh hi!
— RMNB (@russianmachine) July 16, 2020
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