{"id":7754,"date":"2012-02-24T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T22:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T22:14:56","slug":"so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7754 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by\/attachment\/7755\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo1_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo1_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo1_400.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by\/attachment\/7756\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo2_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo2_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo2_400.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by\/attachment\/7757\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo3_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo3_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo3_400.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by\/attachment\/7758\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo4_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo4_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo4_400.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/so-this-is-strange-i-was-followed-by\/attachment\/7759\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo5_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo5_400.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lzwnkuCwbr1qzozgbo5_400.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>So this is strange. I was followed by @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MinnPostGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MinnPostGate<\/a> and @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/StribGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StribGate<\/a> Twitter profiles yesterday. I worked at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MinnPost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MinnPost.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/StarTribune.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StarTribune.com<\/a> previously and those new Twitter profiles appear to follow employees or former employees of each respective company. Hmmm&hellip;.<\/p>\n<p>So I check for a @CityPagesGate because I worked at CityPages.com, too, but no Twitter &ldquo;gate&rdquo; profile exists for them.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE!<\/p>\n<p>Then I notice that @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/StribGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StribGate<\/a> has a few test tweets with @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WCCOGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCCOGate<\/a>! And then I stumbled on @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/PiPressGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PiPressGate<\/a>. I type in @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MPRGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MPRgate<\/a> and &ndash; A CLUE!!! &ndash; the name on that one is different than the rest:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Tom Jefferson &rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the words of double rainbow guy, &ldquo;What does it all mean?&rdquo; None of the profiles are tweeting any answers yet. Maybe someone is ready to launch some real DIRT on these local Minnesota media outlets? Why is there no @KSTPGate, or @myFox9Gate or @Kare11Gate?<\/p>\n<p>Or, maybe, who cares?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE!:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StribGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StribGate<\/a> @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigboxcar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bigboxcar<\/a> And yes, I also have the profiles @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MPRgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MPRgate<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Minnpostgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnpostgate<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiPressgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PiPressgate<\/a>, and @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wccogate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wccogate<\/a>. I don&rsquo;t mean to be deceptive<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stribgate (@StribGate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StribGate\/status\/173137723299864577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hmm. Maybe they&rsquo;re not teaching kids about &rsquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATERGATE<\/a>&ldquo; these days? Anyways, no DIRT on these publications coming anytime soon, unfortunately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this is strange. I was followed by @MinnPostGate and @StribGate Twitter profiles yesterday. I worked at MinnPost.com and StarTribune.com previously and those new Twitter profiles appear to follow employees or former employees of each respective company. Hmmm&hellip;. So I check for a @CityPagesGate because I worked at CityPages.com, too, but no Twitter &ldquo;gate&rdquo; profile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2165,1093,81,80,2582,855,2791],"class_list":["post-7754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-media","tag-minnpost","tag-mn","tag-mpr","tag-pioneer-press","tag-twitter","tag-wcco","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7760,"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7754\/revisions\/7760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mugshotmonday.com\/site2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}