The Worst Corporate Twitter Fails

Twitter is arguably one of the most powerful tools for companies to interact with customers and fans, however at the same time it can also be one of the most dangerous, with humorous hashtags often backfiring. In worst case scenarios some tweets have majorly offended, insulted or just downright annoyed Twitter users. Because of Twitter’s viral nature, it doesn’t take long for tweet fails to circle the globe, giving everyone the opportunity to voice their opinions and leaving big brands with nowhere to hide. Here’s a collection of some of the biggest corporate Twitter fails, that big company’s wish we could just forget.

Rakesh Agrawal

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PayPal’s director of global strategy, Rakesh Agrawal took to Twitter in order to verbally abuse his colleagues and then make the co-founder of Foursquare a tempting offer. The funniest part of it all is that he blamed his behavior on stress, sleep deprivation and his new Android phone. He believed he was sending direct messages to friends!