Royal Baby at the centre of a Twitter storm

You could not work in social media this week and miss out on the big news. You could not even be a social media user and miss the news. Yes, the baby was born. And it created a considerable Twitter storm:

One-off events of such significance provide great opportunity to assess the role of social media in the spread of news. They also give us, social media users, a chance to provide our take on a topic that everyone is talking about. I’ve had a look through some of the most interesting tweets over the last couple of days, and picked a couple for your entertainment!

The Impartials

The Enthusiasts

The Jokers

The Sceptics

Come on then, tell us what your favourite Royal Baby tweet is! Tweet @JanisZaikovskis and @iftweeter

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