In a tweet on Saturday morning, the telecommunications giants said they would be pulling the plug on the free service after four years. The telecommunications literally buried the issue when they tweeted: “May its soul live forever in your memes and GIFs #RIPFreeTwitter”.
MTN announced on Saturday that it would be pulling the plug on ‘Free Twitter’ from September 25, leading tweeps to suffer a Twitter meltdown.
On Twitter, influencers and ordinary tweeps had their say, with some roasting the telecommunications for the short notice. But largely, there were hilarious memes and responses to the news.
https://twitter.com/Lnugelo/status/1043420065461424128
#RIPFreeTwitter Not even 3months notice? MTN, so uncultured. pic.twitter.com/GIjbh1wRtA
— Portia Gumede (@portiagumedesa) September 22, 2018
Influencers on MTN shattered. #RIPFreeTwitter pic.twitter.com/DeccMHbpMN
— Portia Gumede (@portiagumedesa) September 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/PhumzMadonsela/status/1043416231343259648
https://twitter.com/Lean3JvV/status/1043417786477957125
A spoof accounting posing as the police said they would be prosecuting MTN, gaining more than 1 000 retweets. NOTE. It was a parody account and not the authentic SAPS Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/AdvBarryRoux/status/1043429264564125697
https://twitter.com/uNdlunkulu_Xoli/status/1043420875570204672
Not a single MTN tweep is happy about this! pic.twitter.com/w9vbid8XS4
— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) September 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Kanyisile_/status/1043412844459552768
Yazi MTN is heartless. Some of us we use free twitter to look for jobs and communicate with our loved ones. #RIPFreeTwitter pic.twitter.com/gEVRenYgQA
— Siya Mthimkhulu Genu (@GenuMthimkhulu) September 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/SAPS_Gauteng/status/1043420201520390144
And just like that. #RIPFreeTwitter
Source: IOL News