Here’s Why Social Media Stinks
On a whim, I tweeted this morning:
If everybody on Twitter #farted at the same time, would it show up in search trends? Anybody up for a stinky experiment?
A few people started the #farted trend, so I had to make it official 15 minutes later:
Well, now the trick is to get everybody on Twitter to use #farted in a tweet ASAP. Let ‘er rip, tweeps!
An hour later, we had reached escape velocity
We have smelt it and dealt it. #farted is the number 3 trend on Twitter http://bit.ly/farted (can we make an near-number two, number one?)
And at 4:20pm today, we reached the number one search trend on Twitter:
I just #farted for joy – it’s the number one trended topic on Twitter at the moment: http://bit.ly/farted (p00t!)
It only took me four tweets to get ‘er done. Thanks to everybody who farticipated on Twitter, including:
netwizard2003: yeah lemme eat about 5 triple steak burritos and i'll let ya know the outcome of that
about 24 minutes ago
TeQ: If everybody on Twitter #farted at the same time, would it show up in search trends? Anybody up for a stinky experiment? (via @chrispirillo)
about 2 hours ago
brandon_wirtz: if you did a tiny url for Farted in a google search, it would show up in trends. unless the Spam filter decided it was spam
about 3 hours ago
brandon_wirtz: It won't, because trends are on what people are Searching we aren't searching #farted
about 3 hours ago
darrensingleton: Go for it, let's show some maturity! ;)
about 3 hours ago
pikelet650: off to work…yay air conditioning…suck that people at school *pokes out tongue*
about 3 hours ago
JakeInMyPants: I'm in on the experiment, lets try it out :)
about 3 hours ago
hornsolo: If everybody on Twitter #farted at the same time, would it show up in search trends? Anybody up for a stinky experiment? (via @chrispirillo)
about 3 hours ago
timm_mccoy: I'm down. we'd have to set it to some specified time… like 2:00 PST and then all tweet #farted and an optional fart story.
about 3 hours ago
phraktyl: Sounds like a gas! Heh. Eh… Sorry ’bout that.
about 3 hours ago
KyleDuffield: Well, now the trick is to get everybody on Twitter to use #farted in a tweet ASAP. Let 'er rip, tweeps! (via @chrispirillo)
about 2 hours ago
ScribeJay: Gotta get 'em all to follow user hashtags first, don't we?
about 3 hours ago
B00G1T: .ppppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrpppppppppppp
about 3 hours ago
TimTheFoolMan: For awhile, I was tweeting these daily updates: http://thefartman.wordpress.com . I guess I ran out of gas. #farted
about 3 hours ago
timm_mccoy: #farted made it into the twitter search trends list. this is cool. fun with trend algorithms.
about 3 hours ago
WirelessMike: I hope your podcaster / new media doesn't get snowed out. It's starting to look troublesome in the area.
about 3 hours ago
TomIsGeek: Well, now the trick is to get everybody on Twitter to use #farted in a tweet ASAP. Let 'er rip, tweeps! (via @chrispirillo)
about 3 hours ago
gurubrandon: “Farted” is Buzzing in twitscoop (no pun intended)..(even though it's funny)
about 3 hours ago
aaron_bennett: @chrispirillo: Hah, you got it. Good thing there are so many #fart apps on the iPhone. Phew, who #farted ?
about 3 hours ago
robwatts: RT: Well, now the trick is to get everybody on Twitter to use #farted in a tweet ASAP. Let 'er rip, tweeps! (via @chrispirillo)
about 3 hours ago
timm_mccoy: the #farted twitter experiment is fun with trend algorithms… join in!!! just use #farted in a tweet!
about 3 hours ago
rons: These products will eliminate the odors caused by your hashtag http://bit.ly/2aYKIv #farted
about 3 hours ago
hadleydb: RT Well, now the trick is to get everybody on Twitter to use #farted in a tweet ASAP. Let 'er rip, tweeps! (via @chrispirillo)
about 3 hours ago
cheeky_geeky: I don't want to use #farted in a tweet! That's so silly. Who's going to do that??
about 3 hours ago
gurubrandon: Watching twitscoop….. nothing yet.. people still falling for the fake Amber Alert.
about 3 hours ago
Debbie_h2o: it's a pay it forward kinda thing, and nice to do for people, besides its free & doesn't smell bad! =@)>-< #virtualvalentine
about an hour ago
shaken_blake: that is so awesome…. #farted is showing up on #2 in “whats buzzing” on tweetdeck
about 2 hours ago
themacinjosh: don't get greedy now! LOL, I was afraid this would go to your head…or in this case, out of your butt…
about 2 hours ago
jordantbro: This just might turn out to be the pinnacle of your career?
about 2 hours ago
shawnwelch: You could always tweet up awareness about this ChipIn while you're at it ;) http://is.gd/iN1g
about 2 hours ago
grumpytechs: Gee, I would have thought that if one #farted for the sake of others guessing what they ate or drink, that would be enough.
about a minute ago
jasonmcmains: #farted reminds me… Are there any unspoken twitter etiquette rules?
about 11 minutes ago
