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A tweet has sparked a massive online search for a person named Taiwan Jones.
It all started after designer and photographer Roy Handy tweeted that he was sitting next to a Howard University college professor on a flight.
This professor graded tests next to me the whole flight. If there’s a Taiwan Jones at Howard, boy you failed the fuck out ya midterm 😩— uncle roy. (@uncle roy.) 1508418325
This otherwise simple tweet quickly went viral and people were desperate to know who Taiwan is.
The first person to clock the claim was this Taiwan Jones.
... https://t.co/KoLAcYuQSx— Taiwan Jones (@Taiwan Jones) 1508471641
Taiwan lists his location on Twitter as Washington DC and claims to be attending Howard in his bio.
Considering that this is the internet these sort of things can be fabricated exceedingly easily, so it's best to take Taiwan's claim with a pinch of salt.
He later followed the initial tweet with a few more posts on the subject.
Considering I failed my mid term, I feel like I should drop out and pursue the career of a sound cloud rapper— Taiwan Jones (@Taiwan Jones) 1508475277
He even began responding to the thread of the original tweet.
@shizbgby @Old_Orleans Lol that was my actual reaction 😂— Taiwan Jones (@Taiwan Jones) 1508472067
At this point we would probably give this guy the benefit of the doubt, but then another Taiwan Jones came along.
And another one...
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Both of these users also state that they attend Howard.
Is it really possible that there are three Taiwan Jones's at Howard and they are all failed a recent test?
The lack of a clear and confirmed Taiwan Jones didn't stand in the way of the rest of Twitter enjoying themselves.
Will the real Taiwan Jones please stand up? https://t.co/GzkNtlUEIk— Jesse McLaren (@Jesse McLaren) 1508514287
Everyone on Twitter trying to find the real Taiwan Jones https://t.co/cPW7cZprLM— Chris (@Chris) 1508509993
One Taiwan Jones then began mocking the other Taiwan Jones.
Some intensive investigations from other Twitter users might have uncovered some further truths.
@TaiwanJoness @JonesTaiwan_ https://t.co/PBJIAHso5j— Jacob (@Jacob) 1508538412
BuzzFeedeven reached out to Roy for some further clarification but that didn't return any concrete answers.
I can not verify what school the student attends, which is why I said 'if' in context of the tweet.
I wasn't aware of how much power this relatable topic could have across the HBCU community as a whole.
This whole saga will probably remain as one of the internet's great unsolved mysteries, but it has created a Spartacus-like rebellion with those who empathise with Taiwan.
@Sanchovies We are ALL Taiwan jones— educated shrimp (@educated shrimp) 1508509309
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