Twitter can't even celebrate Independence Day without misspelling the hashtag
Nothing quite says "America in 2018" quite like celebrating Independence Day on Twitter with a misspelled trending hashtag.
Among those that have used the wrong hashtag on this patriotic holiday are the U.S. Air Force, the city of Boston, the Canadian Space Agency, and First Lady Melania Trump because of course.
Credit where it's due: Melania at least caught the mistake and replaced the tweet with the correct spelling.
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To be fair, Twitter seems to be autofilling the misspelled hashtag, "#IndependanceDay," which means all it really takes to spread this is a few misspellings, some carelessness and BOOM! You've got yourself a facepalm stew.
That didn't stop the schadenfreude, though.
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Remember to spellcheck those tweets, folks.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
