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Twitter has a problem with abusive accounts, and isn't the best at fighting hate speech and trolls on their platform.
But that might change after a simple tweet featuring a little guy holding up a sign that implored people to "Be sweet when you tweet."
The internet fell in love with the adorable smiling guy holding up his oversize sign.
|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Be sweet when you Tweet |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / … https://t.co/wXNJyq0HlP— Twitter (@Twitter) 1539790274.0
This tweet seriously blew up, quickly going viral worldwide. Just look at his cute smile!
Of course, the internet pounced on the opportunity to create sizzling new memes too.
@robmanuel But timezones tho— Twitter (@Twitter) 1539790940.0
@iGer @Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| who expects “real tacos” from Taco Bell ? |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| ¯\_(ツ)_… https://t.co/mJh3KBq1hc— em feels stabby (@em feels stabby) 1539840989.0
@anuraag_saxena @Twitter 🤣🤣🤣brutal— #saveshabarimala (@#saveshabarimala) 1539829022.0
@HardelaSign @Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| I STAN YOU😎 |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) /… https://t.co/lPgP2huhRv— Stardust. (@Stardust.) 1539863058.0
@HeyItsNotChris @Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| 5318008 |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / … https://t.co/ty4z8e10ky— Ryan (@Ryan) 1539831410.0
Some posted not-so-sweet-tweets about Twitter's lack of moderation.
@Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Someone threatened my life on your website and you did nothin… https://t.co/ZE2iKnBBcz— Geraldine (@Geraldine) 1539847342.0
@moby_dickhead @Twitter You’re an unsung hero my man— 🦇 👻 Boo Meets World👻🦇 (@🦇 👻 Boo Meets World👻🦇) 1539807946.0
@Twitter @SheIsWorld |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| No more Fake News pls |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (… https://t.co/IaqtNeHLtD— أماني العجلان🇸🇦 (@أماني العجلان🇸🇦) 1539848481.0
The little guy's sign took many forms and displayed various messages throughout the day.
@I_Love_Atheism @Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Good god no |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡… https://t.co/MlLJVPMYd3— zachary storm (@zachary storm) 1539870778.0
@AlyaaGad @Twitter 🍭 all the way.— Halah Lately (@Halah Lately) 1539858237.0
@tomjanci @Twitter That's actually the larger part of my job description 😂— Jantien (@Jantien) 1539842702.0
@Twitter @Ghostpro353_ |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Be gay Every single day |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| … https://t.co/9LwQa0c04O— ♡『𝓢𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓷』 (@♡『𝓢𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓷』) 1539863074.0
Some random guy ended up getting a job interview as a result of the tweet. Nice!
@dwnews @Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| If they don’t respond, try me instead 🙏 😎 |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿|… https://t.co/KH1Phj4SBL— Rajat Rai Handa (@Rajat Rai Handa) 1539839793.0
@dwnews @Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| I can email you my CV 🙆🏻♂️ |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (… https://t.co/3Eh5TeFVMe— Rajat Rai Handa (@Rajat Rai Handa) 1539840472.0
@rajatraihanda @aebthatsme @Twitter |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Let's see what we can do here at the social med… https://t.co/WbZsapZgg7— DW News (@DW News) 1539844624.0
Overall, this tweet has pretty strong meme potential, and it certainly delivered. That said, some users made good points about how Twitter's lack of moderation isn't so "sweet" for some.
Let's hope the little guy and his sign actually inspires more civility and kindness on the internet!