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

I mean, there also was that dude that tweeted about how he masturbates in the winter. Or did we forget that guy?

But I'm all for it. We can totally see what the country's people are up to. I wish we had one, that'd be the best. If I got it, half of my tweets would be like "HAMBURGERS!!! BEEER!!!! USA USA USA WASSSUUUUP!!!" >:D

I think its a good idea but the ppls tweets should be reviewed so Sweden isnt seen in a bad light.

then what would be the point of the experiment if you have the government looking over your shoulder?

If they are concerned about their country's image , then it would be in Sweden's best intrest.

this is true I like that idea, screen them before posting. Totally and if it is successful then yeah It would be neat for every culture to do this.

but if the government is screening the tweets, you're not really getting a fair view of the cizitens, and you might as well just have some government agent use twitter. why the censorship?

true true but as with any thing lol we sometimes seem to want both sides of the fence lol. but lol I would love to see what our citizens would say.

In any other geographical area of the planet the experiment would had exposed much more extremist entries in the first week.
Those Northern Europeans are really nice people.

They walk among us.

My guess: she is a hugely successful troll, and I applaud her for it.

Not a good idea

Even if you have a few idiots, the idea gives a display of the disparate viewpoints presented in Swedish society, while some are far from politically correct it doesn't invalidate the experiment.

She doesn't sound racist or anything. She's just asking what the big deal is. Also, that was a neat idea to let the people take turns operating Sweden's Twitter account. There's going to always be some people that lack social etiquette.

Swedes can be dumb as all people..she's young and ignorant...Nothing wrong with Jews;
if you look at history (modern) many invented good things, smart, biz oriented..all good things..people say "they stick together" i say so? is that a bad thing? since when?..families should stick together! and most do..so why not a people? all peoples do that..but maybe not enough..Hatred usually start from ENVY..the Jews rallied, became successful, and people are envious...besides that they didn't do crap wrong..all countries had wars and bought/occupied lands..The whole America started that way..even "Native Americans" came from Norther Asia..in vessels..you're supposed to live and let live, forget the past, enjoy, live, help others..be prepared for natural disasters, don't just hope and rely on the GOVERNMENT to save you! that's ridiculous, you saw too many unrealistic Hollywood films..Be responsible for yourself, your family,friends, & neighbors

Don't blame her for her ignorance. The swedes are typically kept dumb by their government.

I do blame her for her ignorance, she has the freaking internet my lord all she has to do is research before opening her mouth and removing all doubt. Or go to her history teacher LOL, guess she skipped that class. I mean my lord some people think it is cute to look stupid. Even though I am a female. I will say females will do it in a heart beat. way to dumb the females down young lady. Swedens are very smart people, invented a lot of things. SWEDENS did invent things. And I say this for one particular type of people. Since I have learned all races have been blamed for stealing everything that has been invented in history from them.

Heh. Well American women have a huge problem with this. I don't get what's it with this "being dumb is in" thing. Though look at the current american generation of children. It's pretty pathetic when a teacher introduces a vet from WWII as being from "World war 11". Hell what's worse is this preppy chick behind me in my junior said, "who cares about some dead photographers," I wanted to slap the fire out of her... =_= but this is the new "normal".

Are you serious? Swedes are extremely well-read. We learn about all the big religions in school. I'm sure she was a drop-out or skipped a lot of classes. No one is that ignorant because of the government. I'm Swedish, and I bet I could beat pretty much any American at geography AND religion ;) All countries have a few dumb people, and Abrahamsson happened to be one of them.

Thank you for setting me straight on that. I've never been to Sweden, but some of the Swedes I've met weren't very intelligent.

Americans don't learn very much in school. Most of the schools in the United States are mostly focused on comprehensive testing and beating countries in that aspect than actually teaching something. In high school, my teachers were more worried about getting through the main points of the test they were preparing for than actually teaching history.

;) I bet I could at get on par with you when dealing with religion and geography.

well, i am for small government, but i don't agree the Swedish gov keeps them dumb she's ONE case..c'mon..i lived in Stockholm for a year...people mostly smart as people in the US.. ignorance is everywhere..

Well, you can't judge a whole project based on a dumb or two you're going to find.

I'd also like to mention, I don't think she was being necessarily mean, or racist (not on purpose at least), but rather just asking for dumb questions. And as some said, no country is dumb-free.

Maybe someone still remembers Rauol Wallenberg, huh?

You point being?

Arizona Florida really?

They used questionable language, but made a good point I guess. It is a way of looking at the folly of racism.

I see nothing wrong with Sonja's tweets. She said nothing against Jews. Circumsition is a Jewish custom and many people have talked about it, pro and con. She said nothing to promote Nazis. Leave her alone.

As far as I'm concerned, that's just an outburst of her own stupidity for the world to see.

Good

imagine what would happen if we did that in america, I'm sure a lot of countries would stop following us.

oh you know they would after or before a month they would shut ours down. And again it would depend on who gets it first. That is why I agree with the other lady should be screened first.

Can't judge someone for being dense.
I don't think she meant harm, she's just, well - STUPID :)

Don't punish all potential participants because 1-2 are stupid.
It happens, no country is dummy-free.

yes she does show she is dense. But again we dont know what area she lives in, Or is she sheltered growing up, could be lots of reasons. But all more reason for us to learn as a example research before putting it out there.

I really think she was a troll. :/ It isn't that I can't imagine her being that dense, I can't imagine her being so dense to actually post all of her questions up like that.

Don't agree.
We always make so much more fuss abt irrelevant things.
It was a stupid remark by a girl that was clearly not thinking.
She IS a part of her country, along with her remark. It simply shows that the education sys should be altered, and if they do smth abt it - then her tweeting was a positive thing..

Or are we going to put beautiful skinny actors in front and hide all the rest, like the US does?

Free speech is always a good idea.
Would someone mind explaining what is the most offensive part of what she has written?

Good idea - could potentially be a bit disastrous for the individual if they come across as ignorant as this girl, but still a worthy experiment.

And apparently, this is a jew, Sonja:

Ouch......

But only for Sweden...
@obama: Let's hand the account to Jimbob Backe Wotir Hikkson
@obama: OBAMZ A DUM BASS COMUINIST WHO INSTITUY
@obama: TING SOXCIALISMS IN MAH TTEENEESE
@obama: STOPO OBUMMRE NWEO MIND ~Connection Interrupted~
@obama: We are cancelling this program. Goodbye.

It's interesting, but it will never end well. You just know some idiot is going to get really offended and blame the entire country for what one person says. Not gonna lie, I don't see the point either, but if they like doing it, that's fine. Still a recipe for disaster, though. I'd like to think it'd go fine, but we all know how immature people can be :/