Facebook reminds us: Never tweet. Just don't.

Facebook has been messing up a lot lately, but the advertising giant's most recent misstep still managed to surprise in that it took place in a rather unexpected venue: Twitter.

Following news that Facebook allowed phone manufacturers to access the data of some users' Facebook friends without explicit consent, whoever runs the company's Twitter account rushed to the service to defend the practice. In the process, the social media team forgot what has over the years become a kind of core internet rule: Never tweet. 

In doing so, they teed up the denizens of Twitter to do what they do best: Dunk on brands.  Read more...