Help! My code is more popular than me!

A lightning talk foray into how a few lines of code can have more conversation or gain more followers on Twitter.

You can find the Monkey Island bot source code at: https://github.com/philnash/guybot.

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1. HELP! MY CODE IS MORE POPULAR THAN ME!
2. Phil Nash @philnash philnash@twilio.com
3. I HAVE A PROBLEM
4. MY CODE IS MORE POPULAR THAN ME
6. MY CODE HAS A BETTER SOCIAL LIFE THAN ME
7. EXAMPLE
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13. Fork it! https://github.com/philnash/guybot
14. ANOTHER EXAMPLE
17. Some code r e q u i r e ' . / f a c t b o t . r b ' c h u c k = F a c t b o t . n e w ( ' c h u c k ' , E N V [ ' O A U T H _ T O K E N ' ] , E N V [ ' O A U T H _ S E C R E T ' ] ) f a c t = c h u c k . g e t _ f a c t c h u c k . t w e e t ( f a c t ) 0 1 . 0 2 . 0 3 . 0 4 .
22. WRITE CODE
23. HAVE FUN
24. BEWARE
25. Thanks! @philnash philnash@twilio.com