NPR swing editor Christopher Dean Hopkins posted a short Facebook update on what was supposed to be something personal.
It ended up however on the NPR’s Facebook account. This is what he posted.
A short time later, when Hopkins realized his mistake, he deleted the post 12 minutes later. As he later explained:
We don’t generally delete posts, so I tried to do it in a way that would be transparent,” Hopkins says. “My job is to promote our good work, and I catastrophically failed in that last night.”
But what Hopkins didn’t anticipate was how much people needed something “feel good,” after back-to-back-to-back-to-back tragedies — the Las Vegas massacre and the devastation in Puerto Rico, Florida and the Texas Gulf Coast from hurricanes.
And Ramona — who isn’t quite a year old yet — was it.
On Twitter, #friendsoframona exploded.
Hey, @NPR! These #fosterkittens just wanted to say hi to their friend #Ramona. #FriendsofRamona https://t.co/lYqpimhzfD pic.twitter.com/BpTK7OK5Si
— Pikes Peak Humane (@HSPPR) October 3, 2017
Hey, @NPR! These #fosterkittens just wanted to say hi to their friend #Ramona. #FriendsofRamona https://t.co/lYqpimhzfD pic.twitter.com/BpTK7OK5Si
— Pikes Peak Humane (@HSPPR) October 3, 2017
I love the transparency with @NPR! Accidental post of an adorable baby girl and her cat made us all feel human again! #FriendsOfRamona 👶🏻
— Nichole Watson, M.Ed (@Nyk_Watson) October 3, 2017
If Ramona and her kitty ever come to Pennsylvania, look us up! #friendsofRamona pic.twitter.com/xbAzuhlxEL
— ESUMuseumPlanetarium (@SchislerMcMunn) October 3, 2017
.@houstonzoo thanks for asking for #friendsofRamona in Denver too! @NPR, #Ramonaupdates? 🐱 pic.twitter.com/kiJHpALGZx
— Denver Zoo (@DenverZoo) October 3, 2017
Photo credit: Christopher Dean Hopkins
