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03-19-2014, 09:41 PM
Back to Reality for the College Kid Behind 'Sochi Problems'
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Alexander Broad once controlled the hottest thing online. Six weeks ago, the Twitter account he started, called @SochiProblems (http://mashable.com/2014/02/06/sochi-problems-twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), aggregated the seemingly endless stream of photos showing shoddy infrastructure in the the 2014 Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)' host city despite the games' e**rmous $51 billion budget
With each new photo upload — dysfunctional toilets, putrid-looking tap water, hotel rooms still being built as guests moved in — @SochiProblems drew new followers like a magnet. Before long, Broad (https://twitter.com/alexbroad93)'s creation had a larger audience than @Sochi2014, the game's official Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) account. Interview requests poured in from outlets all around the world, as did vague work offers for the 20-year-old Canadian journalism major Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/sochi-problems-inventor/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Alexander Broad once controlled the hottest thing online. Six weeks ago, the Twitter account he started, called @SochiProblems (http://mashable.com/2014/02/06/sochi-problems-twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), aggregated the seemingly endless stream of photos showing shoddy infrastructure in the the 2014 Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)' host city despite the games' e**rmous $51 billion budget
With each new photo upload — dysfunctional toilets, putrid-looking tap water, hotel rooms still being built as guests moved in — @SochiProblems drew new followers like a magnet. Before long, Broad (https://twitter.com/alexbroad93)'s creation had a larger audience than @Sochi2014, the game's official Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) account. Interview requests poured in from outlets all around the world, as did vague work offers for the 20-year-old Canadian journalism major Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/sochi-problems-inventor/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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