Twitter users keeping an eye on B.C. politics through #bcpoli sure got an eyeful Wednesday morning when the feed was flooded with porn spam.
Interspersed between highlights of the B.C. premier's news conference that day and Idle No More updates were an alarming number of messages from scantily clad women.
Communications consultant Marcella Munro quickly traced the likely reason for the spam: a link to a satirical blog titled "50 Shades of Orange: An erotic story of NDP passion" that was posted by B.C. Political Reports and tagged with "#50shadesofgray."
The subsequent spam has not impressed regular followers of #bcpoli.
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David Akin
My oh my but there sure are a lot of, er, "bad girls" hanging out on the #bcpoli feed right now ...
Marcella Munro
Ah I get it. @BCReport has posted a lurid, gross satiric blog, and now #bcpoli filling with porn spam. Nice job, boys!
BC Political Reports
50 Shades of Orange: An Erotic Story of #ndp passion http://t.co/nMNdREln #bcpoli #bcndp #bclib #cdnpoli #50shadesofgray
MaudLLabierfc
http://t.co/hTggQ6ve If only intercourse had been as effective as this kind of #BCpoli
Marcella Munro
.@tidewaters I wonder if it's on purpose, so people stop following #bcpoli. Good way to screw up the conversation.
AmeeNDimockiw
#BCpoli sex would definitely be nice at this moment ! http://t.co/OJGljTV8
Erik Lonnrot
Just in case the #bcpoli feed wasn't trashy enough...
LeanaAGiraldobt
#BCpoli Sex is sex. Love is love. http://t.co/UeU3oCtK
scottfeschuk
*Goes to #bcpoli feed* RT @davidakin: My oh my but there sure are a lot of, er, "bad girls" hanging out on the #bcpoli feed right now ...
BCNewsAddict
Ooooh, my poor eyes. #bcpoli feed
NeelyJSejkoraso
http://t.co/Pbxz5zNN I love the rain #BCpoli
scottfeschuk
I love the rain, too, girl on #bcpoli feed!
David Akin
And who in BC would disagree? RT @AureaA057: Absolutely nothing wrong with two girl close friends making love. http://t.co/wZx6C0Jc #bcpoli
TyraNHawthornpa
http://t.co/PnxnEO6O Whoa, Did you see that? "Phenomenal" is all I should say! #BCpoli
Munro noted of the "sophomoric" commentary: "I wonder if it's on purpose, so people stop following #bcpoli. Good way to screw up the conversation."
While BCNewsAddict tweeted simply, "Oh my poor eyes."
B.C. Political Reports is an anonymous blog which describes its organizers as "independent and have no party affiliation." Munro called for them to apologize for "pornifying" #bcpoli.
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