FEW of us put much thought into a tweet when we send it off into the Twittersphere.
But just 140 characters can cause quote a stir, as local girl Holly Brockwell found out.
As the Scots took to the polls on Thursday, the 28-year-old copywriter from West Bridgford logged on to her social networks to peruse the breaking news.
She said: "I saw the picture of the ballot paper on Facebook and thought it looked funny, because with a cross in it, it resembles the Scottish flag."
Miss Brockwell took to Twitter to share her amusement and thought nothing of it, until her feed went wild.
She said: "I just thought it was something quite innocuous and that no one would care, but everybody started re-tweeting it and it went crazy!"
On Friday, the re-tweet number broke 2,200 and popular tweeters, such as Buzzfeed and Danny Wallace continued to share her observation.
"I couldn't believe it," she said. "You never know with Twitter. You can post something convinced that it will go viral and no one will pick it up, then you post something like this and it is really popular!
"I have got an extra 250 followers from it as well."
Miss Brockwell wasn't sure which way the result would go, but despite not being much of a gambler, decided to take her chances.
She said: "With all the tweets I saw, I was convinced it was going to be a 'yes' so put down my first ever bet of £10.
"Then I heard the 'no' vote was going to win, so I put another £10 down!
"Overall I won £4, so I am feeling nice and flush now," she joked.
