I stumbled across an interesting Twitter community today that was so different that I just had to share it with you. DMFail is a catchall service that discovers and broadcasts the failed attempts at sending someone a direct message on Twitter.
Typically to send a DM, you simply type “d username yourmessagehere.” However, there are obviously scores of people who us “DM” instead of “d” thus inadvertently sharing their private message with everyone on Twitter. DMFail identifies the tweets that start with DM and rebroadcasts them in a dedicated stream for all to enjoy.
While some of these are down right embarrassing, DMFail grants us the guilty pleasure of LOL’ing at some of the mistakes of others. Give it some time though, as more people discover the service, the volume for faux tweets has skyrocketed. Chances are, for the time being, what you’re reading is fake.
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Discussion
Awesome post! Funny. I haven’t made that mistake… yet. most are probably fake but funny nonetheless