http://twitter.com/#!/carolynryan/status/409861384436862976

The New York Times’ political editor mega-teased an upcoming story, and speculation quickly started to flood Twitter via the #NYTGuesses hashtag.

Reaction with predictions about the Times’ “scoop” was massive and funny:

http://twitter.com/#!/redsteeze/status/409866507150434304
http://twitter.com/#!/ktumulty/status/409869493981417472
http://twitter.com/#!/KentAtwater/status/409892136872452096
http://twitter.com/#!/TheRickWilson/status/409868700029038593
http://twitter.com/#!/TheRickWilson/status/409864923221872641
http://twitter.com/#!/smitty_one_each/status/409868077933682688
http://twitter.com/#!/JeffreyGoldberg/status/409874252951605248
http://twitter.com/#!/pspoole/status/409889958279659521
http://twitter.com/#!/GarrettQuinn/status/409864024499965952
http://twitter.com/#!/OctopusGrigori/status/409860598407516161
http://twitter.com/#!/justinjm1/status/409861246390120448
http://twitter.com/#!/ninatypewriter/status/409894575604391936
http://twitter.com/#!/GovtFool/status/409891963383468034
http://twitter.com/#!/bruculino/status/409892132199997440
http://twitter.com/#!/kausmickey/status/409887490497978368
http://twitter.com/#!/kausmickey/status/409882991020625920

If this last guess is correct, somebody please inform the Times that we already know:

http://twitter.com/#!/exjon/status/409890005729820672

(h/t @einfal)

Editor’s note: The post was amended to include the hat tip, which was inadvertently omitted. 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/08/new-york-times-teases-groundbreaking-scoop-snark-tastic-nytguesses-takes-off/