THE TWITTER INDEX

Tracking the soaring stocks and junk bonds of social media, helping you to invest carefully and speculate wisely. (By Rhodri Marsden)

July 2nd

Falling: "Asking for help"

June 27th

Falling: "Mandela gun-jumpers"

Nelson Mandela is alive.

— Oshi (@OshiSuuru) June 27, 2013

June 26th

Falling: "Andrew Selous MP"

Let’s first remind ourselves of Hartman's Law of Prescriptivist Retaliation, which states the following: Any article or statement about correct grammar, punctuation, or spelling is bound to contain at least one eror". The last tweet sent by Andrew Selous, MP for South West Bedfordshire, is a prime example. He’s taken it down, now, but fortunately the evidence will exist for evermore:

Why do we have to learn spanish they are comin over here make them lean english

— morgan anderson (@morgan293680) December 7, 2012

JUNE 24th