Sailors Tweeting Navy's $130 Million Version Of Twitter 'Sux Ballz'
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of Sailors beta testing the Navy's new, $130 million attempt at a digitally secure version of Twitter have been tweeting that the app apparently "sux ballz."
Dubbed Scuttlebutt!, the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet's (NMCI) new site has been receiving non-stop criticism on Twitter from the very Sailors whom the sea service has been hoping to attract since launching its own microblogging application in late March.
"Just tried @scuttlebutt! and it sux ballz," Twitter user @daveybonez, who was later identified as Scuttlebutt! beta tester Seaman David Rodwell, tweeted last Tuesday.
"100% agree new site @Scuttlebutt! eats ass," Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica Murphy commented during her retweet of Rodwell's original complaint.
Rodwell and Murphy are not alone in their frustration, as data compiled from the survey found that 85 percent of Scuttlebutt! testers described the application as “too slow”, “frustrating”, and “about as much fun as assembling a bed from Ikea, but …
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