A Comic Con-founding Social Media Move

By now, you may have heard about a misguided bit of high-tech media registration business that went down at New York Comic Con on Thursday and into the early hours of Friday, before being wisely suspended. We could summarize, but in this case we’ll let Jill Scharr, a writer for Tom’s Guide US, tell you exactly what it felt like:

Many people, including this reporter, activated their Comic Con badges using a social media account and were surprised yesterday to find posts to their Twitter feeds that they themselves hadn’t written.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Spring Special

Save 30% Off an ADWEEK Subscription Today!

View Your Options

Already a member? Sign in