LONDON -- A tweet from an official British Gas Twitter account using the #RipDB hashtag has drummed up anger on ????? ?????? ?? ?????? ????? ??????social media.
SEE ALSO: The 9 most cringeworthy brand fails of 2016The tweet, which was sent out in the early hours of Tuesday morning -- a year to the day that David Bowie passed away -- has received criticism from people who saw it as an attempt to "hijack" a hashtag for the sake of marketing.
Here's the original tweet:
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable The responses were not good.
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At the time of writing, the tweet is still live, and the British Gas Help account has been responding to people to apologise for any offence caused.
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Mashablehas reached out to British Gas and we will update this article when we receive a response.
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