Digital #TFC15: The NatSec Smack Talk Bracket Experience The thinking tweeter's bracket. By Corinne Grinapol|March 24, 2015 Share By Corinne Grinapol|March 24, 2015 Share There you are, staring at the red-slashed disaster that is your NCAA tournament bracket, questioning the decisions that felt so right just a short, hopeful week ago. Not ready to give up on the madness, you search for redemption in another bracket. You want something more serious, more real than deciding on nature’s cutest animals or best TV theme song — something that speaks to your policy and politics-minded sensibilities. Enter Twitter Fight Club. The origin story of Twitter Fight Club — or #TFC15, as it is known when contestants spar on Twitter — is in a joke about finding a way for Twitter’s NatSec and IR community to definitively crown its best tweeter. But give NatSec nerds a joke, and get back a bracket, seeding and judging system, and, added bonus this year: stats! The success of 2011’s inaugural bracket created an annual tradition, organized by writer Caitlin Fitzgerald (@caidid). Voting for the first round is currently underway. A link to the brackets, due before tomorrow morning, can be found here. A Twitter list that includes all participants can be found here. We’re including some sample #TFC15 tweets and zingers below. @abushofghosts Now you’re just getting desperate. — Andrew Lebovich (@tweetsintheME) March 24, 2015 I’ve reached a cease-fire with @ZeddRebel, but I’m glad this evening to take questions y’all might have for a first-time #TFC15 contestant. — Ivan Plis (@ivanplis) March 24, 2015 I endorse thinkfluencer @ArminRosen for #TFC15 — Prof Jeff Jarvis (@ProfJeffJarvis) March 24, 2015 Just got this interesting text from @Tmgneff about #TFC15. pic.twitter.com/KxDEmtrxTq — Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) March 24, 2015 Please vote @MiriamElder, @HayesBrown & @rosiegray in #TFC15 for reasons that have to do with my internal politics http://t.co/w7b7nlfdzU — Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) March 24, 2015 @MarkfromArk‘s long, hard day. #NoLove #TFC15 #DailyDM pic.twitter.com/WpFt1tPFGE — Doctrine Man (@Doctrine_Man) March 24, 2015 @SciFirebird Totally get that. May I remind the #TFC15 judges what I can do with waffles, champagne, and mango pic.twitter.com/mF8OqAbPBB — Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) March 24, 2015 And if it’s all a bit confusing, there’s still no reason not to join in the fun: I don’t really understand #TFC15 but I voted anyway. Sorta the way I approach politics, too. — Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) March 23, 2015 Adweek Adweek