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I've always done that and I just checked the comments to see if someone else complained about that horrible flaw.

How on earth did they think that text selection as an event to open a popup is a good idea?!

A small, but vocal minority.

I don't think it's a small minority. I'd say every 2 or 3 of 5 heavy computers users I know do this.

I'm not one of them (I do it, just rarely), and I've gotta say it annoys the hell out of me too. Totally unnecessary distraction is what it is.

It is a classic design failure mode - form over function. It may even be the most common category of design failure out there.

Does it at least stop, when you tweet?