Twittermob

A group of Twitter users targetting an issue or individual, especially one that forms suddenly and is viewed as hostile.

Noun

  1. A group of Twitter users targetting an issue or individual, especially one that forms suddenly and is viewed as hostile.
    • We live in an age when the old media claim to be the voices of calmness and reason amid the storm, comparing themselves favourably with the lawless frontier towns and torch-wielding Twittermobs of social media. - 2011...
    • What is it about the era we live in that means these kind of Twittermobs can emerge with such speed and ferocity? - 2012 April 3, Brendan O'Neill, “The Twitterstorm against Samantha Brick is infinitely uglier and...
    • 2012, David Banks, "How do you prosecute a Twittermob?", 26 April 2012 (used in title only)

Origin

From Twitter + mob.

Forms

Twittermobs