Sweden's Twitter Experiment: Good Idea or Recipe for Disaster?

by SodaHead News Posted 2012/06/13 13:00:00

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For the last nine months, Sweden's official Twitter account (@Sweden) has been handed over to a new citizen each week as part of a social media experiment. But this week the experiment took a turn for the worse when 27-year-old Sonja Abrahamsson took the reigns and began tweeting about Jewish people, circumcision, nazis, and the holocaust. Yeah...

Abrahamsson wrote, "I just don't get why some people hates jews so much. Where I come from there is no jews. I guess its a religion. But why were the nazis talking about races? ... Once I asked a co-worker what a jew is. He was 'part jew,' whatever that means ... Whats the fuzz with jews. You can’t even see if a person is a jew, unless you see their penises, and even if you do, you can’t be sure!?" Needless to say, there was some outrage. But does this reflect poorly on Sweden's experiment, or does it still have value?

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McGill 2012/06/13 14:35:38

Good idea

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On a whole i think it was an interesting idea but their are always that one person who will ruin it for them all.
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greyjack 2012/09/19 22:38:13

Good idea

Whats the worst that could happen?

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mailbag 2012/09/18 15:58:38

Recipe for disaster

Yeah, its just satan worship. I guess.
Mourningstar?

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Atlas 2012/08/08 16:09:38

Good idea

Clearly the results of the experiment will vary. And when participating in an experiment true data is the most valuable. Perhaps Sweden will utilize their findings and make the appropriate adjustments to education, culture, etc.

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T 2012/07/17 00:25:58

Recipe for disaster

But I think Sweden's intent was good.

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Ben 2012/07/09 12:12:18

Good idea

Er...both?

A great idea that could have its days of disaster. Would be very interesting to see it rolled out across more countries...

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vet4freedom 2012/07/02 14:16:52

Good idea

I dont live in Sweden . So I dont care . We need to worry about our own country . And right now our country is going to hell in a hand basket .

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greyjack to vet4fre... 2012/09/19 22:39:56

Yeah CLEARLY if you dont live in a country there is no reason to care about anything that country does right.

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Isha Dwesar 2012/06/21 20:10:34

Good idea

she actually has a point in her tweets

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Mj PINKYFINGERDOWN 2012/06/21 18:37:57
DavidJoleenJames 2012/06/19 18:40:37

Good idea

If you can't handle the fire get out! This is indeed an experiment and sonja is a very blunt woman who's not afraid to say what's on her mind.

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Thomas Lane 2012/06/18 20:56:45

Good idea

What is the fuss all about??? Following the stream of conscious, this writer has a few valid points, even if it is presented in a vapid manner. Are we really surprised by her lack of knowledge? Of course, she could open a book to answer her own question. However, what makes this a 'recipe for disaster'? That hyperbole is out of order...

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PDenoli 2012/06/18 13:24:09

Good idea

Any country would eventually be embarrassed by what some of their people have to say when given the chance. This is a dramatic change from being embarrassed by what their leaders have to say.

If we ask if this was a good idea, I say it was a GREAT idea. Great idea in terms of twitter measurements. Frankly, I don't know or care what they were trying to accomplish but in twitter terms it was a massive success. Here we are, talking about it. WIN!!

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Deb 2012/06/18 12:16:11

Good idea

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I don't see how she was being a jerk. She was ASKING questions about things she didn't understand or have knowledge of. Sheesh! She doesn't have the right of free speech?

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story101 2012/06/18 08:09:42

Good idea

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Interesting. And she is apparently asking questions she does not know the answer to. Did a "part jew" actually talk about jews as well educated rather than as a religion? I don't see what she said as malicious; maybe naive but then she is probably not alone. So kick off a dialog about it. That's good.

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uninformedluddite 2012/06/18 06:40:46 (edited)

Good idea

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Why is there such an over the top reaction when someone asks why do people hate Jews? Maybe she just wanted an answer as to why they have been thrown out of this many places.
Date(AD) Place
250 - Carthage
415 - Alexandria
554 - Diocèse of Clermont (France)
561 - Diocèse of Uzès (France)
612 - Visigoth Spain
642 - Visigoth Empire
855 - Italy
876 - Sens
1012 - Mainz
1182 - France
1182 - Germany
1276 - Upper Bavaria
1290 - England
1306 - France
1322 - France (again)
1348 - Switzerland
1349 - Hielbronn (Germany)
1349 - Saxony
1349 - Hungary
1360 - Hungary
1370 - Belgium
1380 - Slovakia
1388 - Strasbourg
1394 - Germany
1394 - France
1420 - Lyons
1421 - Austria
1424 - Fribourg
1424 - Zurich
1424 - Cologne
1432 - Savoy
1438 - Mainz
1439 - Augsburg
1442 - Netherlands
1444 - Netherlands
1446 - Bavaria
1453 - France
1453 - Breslau
1454 - Wurzburg
1462 - Mainz
1483 - Mainz
1484 - Warsaw
1485 - Vincenza (Italy)
1492 - Spain
1492 - Italy
1495 - Lithuania
1496 - Naples
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Why is there such an over the top reaction when someone asks why do people hate Jews? Maybe she just wanted an answer as to why they have been thrown out of this many places.
Date(AD) Place
250 - Carthage
415 - Alexandria
554 - Diocèse of Clermont (France)
561 - Diocèse of Uzès (France)
612 - Visigoth Spain
642 - Visigoth Empire
855 - Italy
876 - Sens
1012 - Mainz
1182 - France
1182 - Germany
1276 - Upper Bavaria
1290 - England
1306 - France
1322 - France (again)
1348 - Switzerland
1349 - Hielbronn (Germany)
1349 - Saxony
1349 - Hungary
1360 - Hungary
1370 - Belgium
1380 - Slovakia
1388 - Strasbourg
1394 - Germany
1394 - France
1420 - Lyons
1421 - Austria
1424 - Fribourg
1424 - Zurich
1424 - Cologne
1432 - Savoy
1438 - Mainz
1439 - Augsburg
1442 - Netherlands
1444 - Netherlands
1446 - Bavaria
1453 - France
1453 - Breslau
1454 - Wurzburg
1462 - Mainz
1483 - Mainz
1484 - Warsaw
1485 - Vincenza (Italy)
1492 - Spain
1492 - Italy
1495 - Lithuania
1496 - Naples
1496 - Portugal
1498 - Nuremberg
1498 - Navarre
1510 - Brandenberg
1510 - Prussia
1514 - Strasbourg
1515 - Genoa
1519 - Regensburg
1533 - Naples
1541 - Naples
1542 - Prague & Bohemia
1550 - Genoa
1551 - Bavaria
1555 - Pesaro
1557 - Prague
1559 - Austria
1561 - Prague
1567 - Wurzburg
1569 - Papal States
1571 - Brandenburg
1582 - Netherlands
1582 - Hungary
1593 - Brandenburg, Austria
1597 - Cremona, Pavia & Lodi
1614 - Frankfort
1615 - Worms
1619 - Kiev
1648 - Ukraine
1648 - Poland
1649 - Hamburg
1654 - Little Russia (Beylorus)
1656 - Lithuania
1669 - Oran (North Africa)
1669 - Vienna
1670 - Vienna
1712 - Sandomir
1727 - Russia
1738 - Wurtemburg
1740 - Little Russia (Beylorus)
1744 - Prague, Bohemia
1744 - Slovakia
1744 - Livonia
1745 - Moravia
1753 - Kovad (Lithuania)
1761 - Bordeaux
1772 - Deported to the Pale of Settlement (Poland/Russia)
1775 - Warsaw
1789 - Alsace
1804 - Villages in Russia
1808 - Villages & Countrysides (Russia)
1815 - Lbeck & Bremen
1815 - Franconia, Swabia & Bavaria
1820 - Bremen
1843 - Russian Border Austria & Prussia
1862 - Areas in the U.S. under General Grant's Jurisdiction[1]
1866 - Galatz, Romania
1880s Russia
1891 - Moscow
1919 - Bavaria (foreign born Jews)
1938-45 Nazi Controlled Areas
1948 - Arab Countries

The administrators of these places said at the time that it was due to nefarious goings on in finance and politics. Obviously that cant be true so pray tell what is the reason?
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blissful 2012/06/18 04:25:22

Recipe for disaster

What if some racist A-hole gets his/her hands on the reigns and tries to get people to join their cause? Talk-about World War III!!..

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story101 to blissful 2012/06/18 08:06:47

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you mean via the twitter account? In a week?

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blissful to story101 2012/06/18 19:16:30

What are you talking about!!

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story101 to blissful 2012/06/19 08:10:13

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Are you suggesting that by giving a person the reigns of a twitter account for a week they can start a war? I think that is a bit much to expect.

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blissful to story101 2012/06/19 18:06:32

It's a matter of speech! But to be honest this is where most Wars Start..

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Captain... to blissful 2012/06/20 17:38:12

I doubt someoen talking on a twitter account will cause World War 3, or any type of War for that manner.

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Cornball 2012/06/18 02:50:39

Good idea

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That's actually very original and they should continue.

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Link 2012/06/18 02:33:31 (edited)

Good idea

Can, at least, be a good idea... might lend a different perspective on a service such as Twitter from the people who use it... and one person holding the reigns and screwing up shouldn't bring disaster...

...yet, can bring disaster.... when a whole bunch of offended people react and take action... Non-professionals don't necessarily know the legal ins and outs of such a position.. that is why so many execs have PR people working for them... a group that writes their public statements, and people that know what should be said and what shouldn't be said... what statements are good for business and which are not...

Perhaps I should rethink my vote? LOL...

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Big Dave 2012/06/17 23:59:22

Good idea

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If you allow people to voice their opinions you get what you ask for , so be prepared for people like this one to say anything and accept it or don't do it. Wouldn't it be a boring world if everyone had the same opinion.

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JULIE to Big Dave 2012/06/18 11:24:35

Allow people to voice their opinions, what a crazy thought. lol

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I NEED A HORSE 2012/06/17 22:35:25
Funboy 2012/06/17 22:33:46

Recipe for disaster

WHy do u think its a great idea??

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CrazyTexan 2012/06/17 21:49:55

Good idea

Although this chic made an ass of herself, the experiment served its purpose. Its always jerks like her that ruin a good thing.

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Juanb 2012/06/17 21:29:46

Good idea

as long as people can be open and not have a mob like mentality

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ajracestables1 2012/06/17 17:51:02

Recipe for disaster

There's always someone who has to take it to an unapproprate level.

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JausiaBaltazar 2012/06/17 15:34:12

Good idea

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Um does anyone know what an EXPERIMENT is?? Things do not always turn out the way you plan, ergo, experiment. So maybe Swedenis just trying to get of feel for their people's opinions.

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Wahvlvke 2012/06/17 13:40:16

Recipe for disaster

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She must be blonde.

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solidco... to Wahvlvke 2012/06/17 16:07:17

Why does "blonde" have to be part of the equation? Maybe she just went to school in America?

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Wahvlvke to solidco... 2012/06/18 11:27:34

Perhaps both ... what a combo.

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Mantic to Wahvlvke 2012/06/18 02:00:29

Well... yeah. It's Sweden. :)

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Brian Tristan MacQuillan 2012/06/17 06:29:29

Good idea

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A gut, off the cuff response obviously is, how can a 27 year old be so ignorant? Yet, we are all ignorant about something or other, and there is at least a whole generation who have been taught not to talk about differences (gender, ethnicity, race, religion, and so on), and therefore are ignorant as to the very basics of other people. Some places are worse than others of course, as some places have swallowed political correctness whole.

This woman, Sonja Abrahamsson, whose last name is certainly a tip of the hat to the Old Testament, knowledge of who Jewish people are is limited to penises, and her understanding of the National Socialist German Workers' Party that dominated continental Europe during her grandparents' lifetime is completely absent. The only way she is going to learn is by asking questions, and being given answers, and by having dialogues with other people. Belly aching about her ignorance does not fix the problem. So, this was a move in the right direction for her, and perhaps people in her country.

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Al B Th... to Brian T... 2012/06/17 17:24:35

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I think she's a POE. Nobody with that name doesn't know who Jews are.

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Mantic to Al B Th... 2012/06/18 02:06:23 (edited)

However...

POE == "Parody Of Evangelical" iirc. That term is based on a very American (US) bigotry -- the idea that Evangelicals==uneducated (among other things). Does Sweden have a similar cultural idea? We may even be projecting the idea of parody...

Sometimes it is hard to admit that people really are incredibly ignorant.

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Brian T... to Al B Th... 2012/06/18 05:05:41

She is Swedish an does not know a thing about the National Socialist German Workers' Party. How is that even possible? Did she receive a formal education, or did she grow up on a fishing boat? That said, I would also believe she knows nothing about Jewish people either if that is the case. Abrahamsson does not reflect that she is in anyway of Jewish descent. It looks similar, but is not related in the way you are suggesting.

What is a POE?

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Jiorgia 2012/06/17 06:10:15

Good idea

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Always one person that ruins it but it's a good idea.

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