ganeshran
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That he got credible death threats and not just exaggerating random tweets in order to gain publicity to sell his book.
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Graeme Swann reveals Twitter death threats after India defeat
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MW1304
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Are some of the posts in this thread for real?
For one, he's not making it up. Don't be so ****ing ridiculous.
Second of all, simply because other players have also had to cope with death threats doesn't make this a non-issue. He was asked in an interview, he gave a response (quite a measured, light-hearted one at that). Wow. What an arsehole.
And finally, it is pretty clear that certain posters have some sort of anti-English agenda. Let it go, no one cares. Find some piece of **** on the ground to have a go at for no reason but yourself.
For one, he's not making it up. Don't be so ****ing ridiculous.
Second of all, simply because other players have also had to cope with death threats doesn't make this a non-issue. He was asked in an interview, he gave a response (quite a measured, light-hearted one at that). Wow. What an arsehole.
And finally, it is pretty clear that certain posters have some sort of anti-English agenda. Let it go, no one cares. Find some piece of **** on the ground to have a go at for no reason but yourself.
Turbinator
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ganeshran
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Let me clarify, I dont have any anti - Swann agenda. I think you are going by the other comparison thread I made between Swann and Ajmal. Why would I even have such an agenda
Its commonplace for people who write books to try to be in the news to sell their books. That coupled with the absence of any specific tweets (I searched twitter) let me to wonder aloud if Swann did it for publicity and it might have been a tongue in cheek comment rather than a credible threats.
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Tweets like that get deleted ffs.Let me clarify, I dont have any anti - Swann agenda. I think you are going by the other comparison thread I made between Swann and Ajmal. Why would I even have such an agenda
Its commonplace for people who write books to try to be in the news to sell their books. That coupled with the absence of any specific tweets (I searched twitter) let me to wonder aloud if Swann did it for publicity and it might have been a tongue in cheek comment rather than a credible threats.
My respect for Indian posters on here has virtually disappeared this last few days. All acting like a bunch of ****s much like Harbhajan does.
A death threat is a death threat, not a tool to sell more ****ing books.
MW1304
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As I said before, I'm not talking about you. End of the matter.Let me clarify, I dont have any anti - Swann agenda. I think you are going by the other comparison thread I made between Swann and Ajmal. Why would I even have such an agenda
Its commonplace for people who write books to try to be in the news to sell their books. That coupled with the absence of any specific tweets (I searched twitter) let me to wonder aloud if Swann did it for publicity and it might have been a tongue in cheek comment rather than a credible threats.
ganeshran
International Debutant
Who deletes them? Twitter moderators?
You are entitled to your opinion of other posters including Indians. Cant comment about that.
Jacknife
International Captain
Give it a rest, your putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 7. If you think for one moment that whatever has happened, hasn't been seen and sorted by the England management, you'll be mistaken and I would suspect they will have even advised him whether he should even talk about it or not.
He's not the first player to bring a book out and what more it won't have any trouble selling plenty of copies of it, so he doesn't need to do such things for publicity.
To even say he's making it up is ridiculous to say the least and if you haven't got a anti England/Swann or whatever agenda, why do you have any reason not to take what he's said as anything but the truth.
Just because he's brought a book out and is on twitter, you've turned him into quite something else and I don't where you come from but here death threats are a serious thing that never rarely happen, so his comments won't in any way shape or form have been 'tongue in cheek'.
Jacknife
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The person who's page it is, or Twitter themselves. If you follow anyone on twitter you see it done all the time. The user is in full control of his own site and if people have sent loads of abuse, swearing and comments about their family etc they get removed.
Turbinator
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ganeshran
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okwhat a crap thread
flibbertyjibber
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Serious thread turned crap if you ask me. Why anyone would make this up i don't know.what a crap thread
He isn't a Steven Ireland type fantasist you know.
ganeshran
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I'm sorry, I dont think you completely get how twitter works.
Jacknife
International Captain
No your right, it's taken the usual turn that all threads like this seem to recently.what a crap thread
Jacknife
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Really, are you saying that whoever's page it is can't remove comments?
Furball
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You're aware that you can send private messages on Twitter aren't you?Let me clarify, I dont have any anti - Swann agenda. I think you are going by the other comparison thread I made between Swann and Ajmal. Why would I even have such an agenda
Its commonplace for people who write books to try to be in the news to sell their books. That coupled with the absence of any specific tweets (I searched twitter) let me to wonder aloud if Swann did it for publicity and it might have been a tongue in cheek comment rather than a credible threats.
ganeshran
International Debutant
Twitter doesnt work like a Facebook page where people can leave comments on your posts. Its an open publish-subscribe model social networking site where all content is public (unless you have protected your tweets).
If I send you a post, it will be visible in your timeline if you are following me, or in your mentions page even if you dont follow me. You cannot delete an offensive tweet by another person. You can however block their tweets from showing up in your profile. This still leaves the original tweet to be searchable.
Direct Messages can only be sent to people who follow you. Swann follows only a 100 odd people all of whom seem to be his acquaintances. For e.g I cannot send Swann a DM even if I follow him, he also has to follow me to enable me to do that. This prevents DM spam
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