A few brave souls are trying to determine the worst tweets of all time
The competition for the worst thing ever tweeted is incredibly fierce and ever-evolving. Each day, the world’s micro-blogging platform of choice is overrun with absolute garbage. It is a miracle of our species, a cup of written ipecac that, no matter how deeply you drink, remains full of noxious liquid day in and day out.
One Twitter account, working deep behind enemy lines, is carrying out the important task of sifting through this ocean of trash to collect and judge the most wretched examples. A celebration of sorts, WorstTweetofAllTime is currently assembling these pearls of the deep into a bracket to, as the account name implies, finally declare once and for all what is, in fact, the worst tweet of all time.
From each of these carefully determined categories, heavyweight champions of their respective genres have emerged. Consider some of the rancid cream that’s floated to the top of the “Extremely Online” grouping:
… or some entrants to the surprisingly strong “UK” showing: