Exploiting Social Media with The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston

Social media is supposed to empower users, giving them a platform to communicate more broadly. But as The Onion‘s Baraunde Thurston points out, social media also provides an opportunity for some great humor and pranking.

From live hate-tweeting the premier of the Twilight movies to creating rallies in support of Foursquare mayorships, Thurston addresses some of the “case studies of ridiculousness” that plague – or bless – us online.

Thurston is speaking today at ReadWriteWeb’s 2Way Summit on “Creative Exploitation of Social Media from the Swine Flu to The Onion.”

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We’re livestreaming his talk. If you miss it, we’ll have videos online later today.

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