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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Charles Arthur

And then they came for the blog commenters... but nobody responded

Time for one of those comedy internet memes, which got started quite by accident, but could provide some light relief and give you the chance to show off your abilities.

It goes like this. You'll recall the poem First They Came, about the silence of those who could make a difference during Nazi rise to power (somewhat appropriately, today is the anniversary of the day when Germany invaded Poland, triggering the second world war).

OK, so now let's apply it to the internet. On Twitter, Paul Carr began: "then they came for the Twitter developers, but they were unavailable."

In response, I suggested "then they came for Microsoft's search engine team, but they couldn't find them."

And: "then they came for the key Twitter people, and rounded up 140 characters."

So continue the idea. Then they came for who? And what happened?

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