Twitter Declares War On Fisting

If perchance you were on Twitter this past weekend searching for fisting, you may have found yourself shit out of luck as Twitter was redirecting their Top Tweet searches for "Fisting" to "Fishing." What's more, apparently this was the only kinky word being subjected to such redirects as searches for Spanking got users the content they desired. 

According to AVN (link below), Bacchus of Erosblog was the first to bring this to the public's attention, and even wrote a lengthy screed against this perceived censorship, dubbing it the Pornocalypse. 

The situation also appears to be fluid, with a cloud of uncertainty about exactly what Twitter is up to, and whether it will stick. Even Bacchus, who consistently mentioned the "blocking" of results for keywords like "#Pussy, #cunt, and #vagina," clarifies, "Let’s be double clear what we mean by 'blocked' here. So far, there are no reports of any killwords being applied to the 'all tweets' search. You can still find this stuff with an extra click. The block is being applied to the 'Top Tweets' functionality, which of course is the default search result presentation."

For their part, Twitter has now announced that this was all a terrible misunderstanding, and was actually the result of a bug. Nice try Twitter, Bacchus is on to you and your war on fisting, and will not yield in this unending Pornocalypse. Also, just so I'm on the record with this, that is the worst portmanteau ever. 

Via AVN