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Over the following months, jokes about the plight of the Twitter description guy grew more popular alongside trends users felt were frivolous. For example, on January 5th, 2020, user @sunsetkarl tweeted a picture of Coraline’s Dad to symbolize the Twitter Description Guy writing about why Panic! at the Disco singer Brendon Urie was trending (users were blaming him for historical atrocities he didn’t commit), gaining over 1,000 retweets and 13,000 likes (shown below, left). User @702Sicario posted a joke about the Twitter Description Guy reading about the Armie Hammer Controversy, gaining over 460 likes (shown below, right).
Thanks to the numerous descriptions Twitter has provided since implementing their policy, the hashtag #ThankYouTwitterDescriptionGuy has been used to voice appreciation for the service providing context on numerous trending topics. User @coucou_lou wrote #ThankYouTwitterDescriptionGuy about descriptions regarding One Direction topics, gaining over 40 retweets and 240 likes (shown below, left). User @SnazzyNova used the hashtag to discuss the Twitter Description Guy talking about Dream on the platform, gaining over 260 likes (shown below, right).
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