Yale men's basketball's recent success has had the masses flocking for a glimpse at the inner workings of the team. Any piece of content relating to the team is susceptible to being devoured by the public. Sometimes, that can even sweep up entities unrelated to the basketball team at hand.
Yale's Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry program was the latest department to get caught in the Bulldogs' riches. The world-renowned institution has been largely overshadowed by its nouveau riche supernovas in recent days. The most glaring example of such a phenomenon? The number of Twitter replies directed toward the molecular biophysics and biochemistry department in the first place.
There's been a massive groundswell of Twitter users interested in contacting the storied research org over the past few days. The reason for such interest is because Yale's Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry has a rather familiar Twitter username: @YaleMBB.
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Many seem to believe that @YaleMBB's Twitter account is the same as Yale men's basketball's Twitter account. That is not actually the case. The Bulldogs are represented by the Twitter account @YaleMBasketball.
Have no fear, though: Yale's Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry made it clear that they are the original @YaleMBB, not the other way around.
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From their Twitter account:
Our notifications are blowing up with basketball tweets, but we are the Yale molecular biophysics and biochemistry account! You might want to tag @YaleMBasketball instead 🏀
— Yale MB&B (@YaleMBB) March 23, 2024
Boola boola!
The social media account even took the unprecedented step of adding an addendum to its Twitter bio, stating the following:
'Yale Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (not @YaleMBasketball)'
Whether that piece of context will appease the masses is anyone's guess. Misinformation is rife in today's age.
Nevertheless, those hoping to get their fix of all things molecular biophysics and biochemistry will surely be pleased with their beloved program's desire to stick up for themselves, even if it's at the expense of one of its host university's most-beloved institutes.