She's a twitter newbie, not a meanie

Despite her apology, some netizens continued to doubt Ms Ho Ching's claim that the photo of a monkey appearing to show a rude gesture was the result of her "playing around with Twitter".

The self-proclaimed "Twitter newbie" said that she had been "trying out different buttons, seeing what can or cannot be done".

She then added: "Discovered Twitter posts pictures, without captions, and unfortunately one of the pictures could be misunderstood on its own. Took down as soon as a friend alerted me."

The photo was posted on the same day - April 8 - Dr Lee Wei Ling made accusations about her brother Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

While some netizens accepted Ms Ho's explanation, others questioned if her post was unintentional.

Facebook user Paul Chen said on a comment thread discussing the issue: "Ho Ching, so coincidental that you unintentionally posted this monkey photo at a sensitive time when your sister-in-law (Dr Lee Wei Ling) is having a feud with your husband?

"Don't insult our intelligence."

On Monday night, Ms Ho did several tests to prove how a "Twitter newbie" could re-post a Twitter photo on Facebook, with no indication that the post had first appeared on the former.

We tried it her way. What happened?

Embarrassed apologies to lovers of entertaining political drama but it appears that Ms Ho could have just committed an ill-timed, unintentional Twitter gaffe.

A STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

STEP 1: Select a tweet that has a photo.

STEP 2: Tap on photo. You will see that the photo pops up on a black background.

STEP 3: Tap and hold the photo. A screen pops up with several avenues to share the photo, including Facebook.

STEP 4: Tap on the Facebook icon. Another screen will pop up with just the photo. Facebook also gives you the option of captioning the photo.

STEP 5: Click 'Post'.

djenn@sph.com.sg

This article was first published on April 13, 2016.
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