Twitter was a sad, sad place in 2015. Five of the ten most retweeted tweets were about One Direction. My inability to provide a screenshot here is simply due to my choosing morals over going on Zayn's Twitter page.
Other Trends
- 8/10 tweets were from celebrities
- 2/10 tweets were from politicians (Obama and the King of Saudi Arabia.)
One unique aspect of Twitter is the hashtag #Viral making it easy to fake it until you make it. Users actively searching for viral content may stumble upon lesser known content if it uses that hashtag. There are also sites like www.tweriod.com that allow users to know the best time to tweet. Being short of being Snoop Dogg, there seems to be no absolute way to attract viral status on Twitter since celebrities rule the platform due to high numbers of followers. The use of trending hashtags is the only other way to gain momentum as outlined in my styleguide for writing for Twitter.
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