Twitter Zeitgeist - June 12th Edition
So here is an idea. To light a fire under my ass to start posting more here, I figured I’d start a semi-daily post discussing the hottest trends and buzz words on Twitter. I’ll be using a collection of Twitter meme trackers to keep up with the hotness factor, and hopefully, this “Twitter Zeitgeist” will help us grab hold of the culture of social media.
Current State of the Tweet:
As it stands right now, according to Twitscoop.com the words “angry”, “blogger”, and “contest” were pretty much neck and neck for the trend words of the moment until TechCrunch posted about the new Google/Yahoo search partnership agreement. Right after this was posted, the word “announcement” was by far the leading trend word being Tweeted (coincidentally, Mike Arrington would also most likely win any “angry blogger contest”.)
This just goes to show how much influence TechCrunch has on Twitter, new media, and pretty much the entire web industry.
Trend’s Picked Up Today:
Germany Croatia - Germany vs. Croatia had a moment of hotness today when Croatia defeated the German’s 2-1 in a Euro 2008 Football (or Soccer as we in the States like to call it.)
Supreme Court - The good ole boys (and girl) of the Supreme Court today decided that Gitmo detainees could challenge their detention through the U.S. court system. CNN says this “decision marks another legal blow to the Bush administration’s war on terrorism policies.”
David Davis - British politician David Davis resigned from his position in parliament and title of the Shadow Home Secretary today. Sources say he did this to raise awareness of civil issues. The Twitter consensus seems to stand as respectful of the man, but there are still some who think he’s a “show boating moron”.
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Excellent post. It much rather read a smart summary of yours than try to divine the implications of the latest Twitscoop findings.
Hi Andrew, this is a great idea !
If I may add a suggestion, you could illustrate the various trends with their corresponding graphs.
Do you mind if we tweet a link to your post for our followers ?
@Pierre: Not at all! Go for it. And thanks for the suggestion!