This article was published on November 27, 2013

Nokia loses all its social media points with ‘F*** you’ tweet [update]


Nokia loses all its social media points with ‘F*** you’ tweet [update]

Last week, we gave Nokia props for its mastery of Twitter with a zing against rival BlackBerry, but we’re now rescinding those points after the @NokiaNZ account tweeted a simple “F*** you” today.

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As you’d expect, the post has since been deleted. We can think of a few explanations for it, such as hacking, a disgruntled employee, an account mixup, or a practical joke gone awry, but whatever it is, Nokia isn’t going to be winning the Internets today. We’ve reached out to the company to see if we can find out what happened.

Update: Nokia has posted an apology:

Thumbnail credit: MARTTI KAINULAINEN/AFP/Getty Images

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