WeirdAlex03 comments on ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions'

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 102 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Worth noting, for those that aren't going to bother reading the first line of the article, this is ABC the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, not ABC the American Broadcasting Company

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[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

This is hilarious. Not only are they only shutting down all but four of their biggest Twitter accounts it's also not even the company people are thinking about. This is literally news about nothing happening and people are still riled up. Well done OP. I love it.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 years ago

It's not nothing. This is similar to if BBC stopped using it, only on a smaller scale.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago

We're so mad at the changes that we're going to consolidate our accounts to make it easier to use this platform!

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[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 years ago

That makes it so much more relevant to me. I wasnt going to read it because I figured it was the American ABC

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 11 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

American Broadcasting Company

I've never heard of the American Broadcasting Company. Is that a thing? It's always Australian anytime anyone mentions the ABC.

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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Yes, it’s a private cable news and entertainment network in the states.

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[–] Sinnerman@kbin.social 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The US version is one of the big 3 broadcast channels transmitting since the mid 1900s, though it's now also on cable:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 6 points 3 years ago

It looks like the Australian one was around first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation

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[–] hypelightfly@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago

Broadcast not cable, and owned by Disney.

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[–] Reil@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago

It's a thing, yeah. Disney acquired them in the mid-90s. Pretty reliably top 3 in viewership numbers, just above Fox and Fox News, who round out the top 5.

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[–] ped_xing@hexbear.net 2 points 3 years ago

There were basically 3 channels for a while -- ABC, NBC, CBS. But yeah, their brand has really diminished.

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[–] Kinglink@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Ten percent of people didn't know and now feel bad they were tricked...