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Flux: /* Blizzard Employee Tweet Controversy */

2012-03-07T18:54:25Z

‎Blizzard Employee Tweet Controversy

Flux at 15:53, 7 March 2012

2012-03-07T15:53:18Z

Flux: /* The Initial Twitter Announcement */

2012-03-07T15:49:33Z

‎The Initial Twitter Announcement

Flux at 04:40, 7 March 2012

2012-03-07T04:40:44Z

Flux at 04:39, 7 March 2012

2012-03-07T04:39:33Z

Flux: Created page with '@Diablo refers to Blizzard's official Diablo twitter account, which [http://www.twitter.com/diablo can be viewed here]. The account went live in August 2009[http://diablo.incgam…'

2010-11-23T01:22:11Z

Created page with '@Diablo refers to Blizzard's official Diablo twitter account, which [http://www.twitter.com/diablo can be viewed here]. The account went live in August 2009[http://diablo.incgam…'

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@Diablo refers to Blizzard's official Diablo twitter account, which [http://www.twitter.com/diablo can be viewed here].

The account went live in August 2009[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-joins-the-twitter-revolution/], and as of November 2010 it had posted over 600 tweets and had over 44,000 followers.

After a lot of initial skepticism over the utility of such a brief communication device, and some early misunderstandings[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/a-case-study-in-the-inherent-shortcomings-of-twitter/] brought about by the short character limits, the service has become fairly well-accepted by the fans.

[[Bashiok]] and some other community managers handle the account, and though its activity is often sporadic, with nothing posted for a week or more, the account keeps up a fairly regular intercourse with fans, answering short questions with quick answers, owing to Twitter's 140 character per message limit.

Fansite Diii.net posts news items which quote every game-related tweet, usually adding additional info to flesh out the brief replies.
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/categories/category/twitter Seem them all here].

[[File:Twitter-diablo-11-22-10.jpg|center|thumb|600px|@Diablo as seen November 22, 2010. The [[Barbarian]] @ [[Bastion's Keep]] background image has been unchanged since the account went live.]]

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 I’m assuming you’re referring to my tweet about a “big meeting.” I have several meetings a day and just felt like being silly on my personal feed on a Monday morning. Was it really enlightening or informative? No. Was there ANY indication that meeting had anything to do with Diablo III development or release? No. (Because it didn’t.) Do I sometimes tweet about the weather, cute cats, rocks on the ground, and other random stuff that won’t bring you any closer to your copy of the game? Totally.
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-<font color="#FFFFFF">If you guys don’t have anything of importance to say please do us a favor and don’t say anything.</font>
+<font color="#FFFFFF">If you guys don’t have anything of importance to say please do us a favor and don’t say anything.</font><br>
 Since everything you mentioned in your OP was taken from Twitter, I’m assuming you’re asking that we not use our personal social media accounts to communicate with anyone until our company announces a release date for Diablo III.
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 If you want to follow what we’re saying, awesome. But if you feel like any post we make that has anything to do with our careers, yet isn’t breaking news about the status of Diablo III, is just a huge tease or attempt to bait you… well, you’re crazy… and almost as excited for this game as we are. :)</blue>
 ==The Initial Twitter Announcement==

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 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/categories/category/twitter News items that quote] the best tweets from official Blizzard sources can be seen here.
 ==@Diablo's Origin==
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 Fansite Diablo.IncGamers.com [http://diablo.incgamers.com/categories/category/news/twitter/news/twitter posts news that quotes] all of the Diablo 3-related tweets from these and other accounts.,

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 Fansite Diablo.IncGamers.com [http://diablo.incgamers.com/categories/category/news/twitter/news/twitter posts news that quotes] all of the Diablo 3-related tweets from these and other accounts.,
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-[[File:Twitter-diablo-11-22-10.jpg|center|thumb|600px|@Diablo as seen November 22, 2010. The [[Barbarian]] @ [[Bastion's Keep]] background image has been unchanged since the account went live.]]
+[[File:Twitter-diablo-11-22-10.jpg|center|thumb|800px|@Diablo as seen November 22, 2010. The [[Barbarian]] @ [[Bastion's Keep]] background image has been unchanged since the account went live.]]
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 * Community manager [[Bashiok]] tweets from [http://twitter.com/bashiok @Bashiok].
 * Diablo 3 Game Director [[Jay Wilson]] tweets [http://twitter.com/Angryrobotics from @Angryrobotics].
-* Community manager [[Zarhynm]] tweets [http://twitter.com/TalkingCongas from @TalkingCongas.
+* Community manager [[Zarhynm]] tweets [http://twitter.com/TalkingCongas from @TalkingCongas].
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/categories/category/news/twitter/news/twitter Fansite Diablo.IncGames.com posts news that quotes] all of the Diablo 3-related tweets from these and other accounts.,
+Fansite Diablo.IncGamers.com [http://diablo.incgamers.com/categories/category/news/twitter/news/twitter posts news that quotes] all of the Diablo 3-related tweets from these and other accounts.,
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 <blue>In the next few days we will be officially launching the @Warcraft, @StarCraft, and @Diablo Twitter feeds where we plan to share news, run contests and events, and much more.  We’ll be starting things off with a bang by holding contests leading up to and through BlizzCon as well as will be twittering all through the show.
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 We’re looking forward to the opportunities that will come with these new Twitter accounts and the increased interaction between Blizzard Entertainment and the community.</blue>

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 @Diablo refers to Blizzard's official Diablo twitter account, which [http://www.twitter.com/diablo can be viewed here].
-The account went live in August 2009[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-joins-the-twitter-revolution/], and as of November 2010 it had posted over 600 tweets and had over 44,000 followers.
+Blizzard announced their [[@Diablo]], [[@Starcraft]], and [[@Warcraft]] official twitter accounts in September 2009[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-joins-the-twitter-revolution/], and the tweeting began just a few days later.
-After a lot of initial skepticism over the utility of such a brief communication device, and some early misunderstandings[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/a-case-study-in-the-inherent-shortcomings-of-twitter/] brought about by the short character limits, the service has become fairly well-accepted by the fans.
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/categories/category/twitter News items that quote] the best tweets from official Blizzard sources can be seen here.
-[[Bashiok]] and some other community managers handle the account, and though its activity is often sporadic, with nothing posted for a week or more, the account keeps up a fairly regular intercourse with fans, answering short questions with quick answers, owing to Twitter's 140 character per message limit.
+==@Diablo's Origin==
 [[File:Twitter-diablo-11-22-10.jpg|center|thumb|600px|@Diablo as seen November 22, 2010. The [[Barbarian]] @ [[Bastion's Keep]] background image has been unchanged since the account went live.]]