Man accidentally publishes personal post on work Facebook account
A man has accidentally put a personal post on his work social media account and in doing so inadvertently became the world’s latest internet sensation.
NPR, a public broadcaster in the US, quickly spotted the mistake which you can see below, but not before it had spread to the organisation’s six million followers.
Npr just oopsie posted the cutest thing ever.#Ramona #NPR #BestMistakePostEver pic.twitter.com/PpgyPeUY82
— Lally (@Lallypage) October 3, 2017
The post read: “Ramona is given a new toy: Smiles, examines for 20 seconds, discards. Ramona gets a hug: Acquiesces momentarily, squirms to be put down.
“Ramona sees three cats 30 feet away: Immediately possessed by shrieking, spasmodic joy that continues after cats flee for their lives”
NPR quickly deleted the contextually confusing update and apologised for the mistake, but fans of the media organisation weren’t mad at all. In fact, they loved it.
You are so adorable @NPR. This seriously gave me the best lol today, which I needed. Please don’t fire Ramona’s human. pic.twitter.com/8G2xPNoJrw
— Rocktober dreamer (@hurryhurryomaha) October 3, 2017
This is so @NPR. I identify so strongly with Ramona.#ramonaupdates #thisisnpr pic.twitter.com/caMTXVulw9
— Katelyn, but Spooky (@timeladykatie) October 3, 2017
Followers eventually became obsessed with the identity of Romana, until it was revealed that she is the one-year-old daughter of NPR swing editor Christopher Dean Hopkins.
“We don’t generally delete posts, so I tried to do it in a way that would be transparent,” he explained.
“My job is to promote our good work, and I catastrophically failed in that last night.”
What are your thoughts?