City of Vaughan, Ont. issues apology after 'inappropriate' tweet

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Published Friday, February 8, 2013 11:43AM EST
Last Updated Friday, February 8, 2013 12:06PM EST

View the story "City of Vaughan issues an apology after F-Bomb tweet " on StorifyCity of Vaughan issues an apology after F-Bomb tweet The City of Vaughan was dealing with both a snowstorm and a media storm Friday morning after an inappropriate tweet, complete with curse word, was sent from the city's corporate Twitter account, City_Of_Vaughan. The angry tweet about snow issues forced Vaughan official to issue an apology. Storified by CTVNews.ca· Fri, Feb 08 2013 08:31:09@Alleycat17 @City_of_Vaughan OMG someone had a bad morning!!! And is going to have a really bad day!!Sterling I bet the #CityOfVaughan PR staff were forced to show up to work in the snowstorm just to clean up this twitter messGreg KsiazekI'm suddenly scared that if Richmond Hill angers the @City_of_Vaughan it's gonna get stabbed or something.Emmett Macfarlane@cityofvaughan_ snowstorms bring out the "best" of us #canadaehJ O A N N EIt's unclear if the tweet was the work of a hacker, or if an authorized user mistakenly issued the tweet from the corporate account. The City of Vaughan suspended the account said it would investigate, but Twitter users were already in full speculation mode:
@crobins72ca @city_of_vaughan don't think it's hacked. Think employee is using city phone for personal/prof social media. Confusing acctsTracey Kent@EmmMacfarlane @City_of_Vaughan *this* is why I use two apps for Twitter. One personal, one work.Brian BI feel reallly bad for the PERSON behind @city_of_vaughan #mistakeshappenJen TIt is a #fail but I totally agree MT: @KitchenerPost: Hope no one at @City_of_Vaughan gets fired, we all had a good laugh. #MistakesHappen”Kerry ReynoldsI totally agree with the person who hacked the City of Vaughan twitter account.Kaylyn Saying your account was hacked is as bad or worse than sending an errant Tweet. #CityOfVaughan Just be accountable and move on.Jaime Stein@cityofvaughan_There was no need to delete the account. Just delete the comment. Big deal you used the F-Bomb #politics #doublecargarageMark SalernoA few hours later, and some were already tiring of the story:
Is the #CityofVaughan story is old news yet? I mean it’s been about three hours, that’s an eternity online #socialmediaproblemsRoberto Sarjoo

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