{"id":183363,"date":"2019-12-10T22:19:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1813297\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T22:19:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:19:59","slug":"thishappened-on-twitter-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/10\/thishappened-on-twitter-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"#ThisHappened on Twitter in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/twitter-Sara-KurfeBUnsplash-650x366.jpeg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Photo Credit: Sara Kurfe\u00df \/ Pixabay<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do an egg, a South Korean boy band, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game of Thrones<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Donald Trump, and the face-with-tears-of-joy emoji have in common?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The social network this week published its annual Year on Twitter report, highlighting the top memes, TV shows, movies, actors, musicians, sports teams, athletes, news, politicians, and emojis of 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsurprisingly (considering many of you helped make this happen), the World Record Egg took the crown for most retweets globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In less than 10 days this January, an image of a single egg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/this-photo-of-an-egg-dethroned-kylie-jenner-as-most-liked-instagram-post-1769653\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">became the most-liked picture on Instagram<\/a>, surpassing Kylie Jenner&#8217;s unnervingly popular photo of newborn daughter Stormi Webster gripping Jenner&#8217;s thumb.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#39;s set a world record together and get the most retweeted tweet on Twitter. Beating the current world record held by Yusaku Maezawa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yousuck2020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yousuck2020<\/a> (5.3 million!) <\/p>\n<p>We got this ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VkMPwJo9GI\">pic.twitter.com\/VkMPwJo9GI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Record Egg (@egg_rt_record) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/egg_rt_record\/status\/1084699357528625153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the round, speckled, and impressively lit seed challenged the Twittersphere to &#8220;set a world record together.&#8221; Within two weeks, it became the 12th most retweeted post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of Dec. 9, it is one of the most retweeted tweets this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bangtan Boys (better known as BTS) topped the charts with a minimalist lip sync to Billie Eilish&#8217;s &#8220;Bad Guy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Duh? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3lGmo7GpF6\">pic.twitter.com\/3lGmo7GpF6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8 (@BTS_twt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTS_twt\/status\/1137775053993533440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videos of a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aman9919\/status\/1112768261832228865\"  rel=\"noopener\">tiny duckling &#8220;chasing&#8221; a bunch of college boys<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsdaneesaur\/status\/1146564064610529280\"  rel=\"noopener\">impressively aerial cat<\/a>, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Apex_sH\/status\/1123337981677453313\"  rel=\"noopener\">attack bird<\/a> filled out the top five.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buzzwords (er, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phrases<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) also captured the Internet&#8217;s attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Conversation is Twitter&#8217;s superpower,&#8221; senior research manager Elaine Filadelfo wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/insights\/2019\/ThisHappened-in-2019.html\"  rel=\"noopener\">a blog announcement<\/a>. &#8220;So it&#8217;s no surprise that open-ended questions and viral memes like &#8216;sco pa tu manaa&#8217; and &#8216;bomboclaat&#8217; dominated this year&#8217;s most-retweeted-with-comment list.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Bomboclaat <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Ot81MpbGw\">pic.twitter.com\/9Ot81MpbGw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; a&amp;t (@MistaSlimm_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MistaSlimm_\/status\/1189608893606957057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Sco pa tu manaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WtBipBPpBP\">pic.twitter.com\/WtBipBPpBP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; girls. (@moderngirlss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moderngirlss\/status\/1151170898956881920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folks really had their finger on the pulse of pop culture this year, covering everything from entertainment (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game of Thrones<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frozen 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zendaya\"  rel=\"noopener\">Zendaya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArianaGrande\"  rel=\"noopener\">Ariana Grande<\/a>) and world news (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Brexit&amp;src=typeahead_click\"  rel=\"noopener\">Brexit<\/a>, Hong Kong protests, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ClimateStrike&amp;src=typeahead_click\"  rel=\"noopener\">climate strikes<\/a>, Christchurch shooting) to sports (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mPinoe\"  rel=\"noopener\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neymarjr\"  rel=\"noopener\">Neymar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\"  rel=\"noopener\">FC Barcelona<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers\"  rel=\"noopener\">L.A. Lakers<\/a>) and politics (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\"  rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\"  rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron\"  rel=\"noopener\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\"  rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We wanted to know what got the most people talking, not just what was the loudest,&#8221; Filadelfo said of Twitter&#8217;s methodology, which ranked topics by number of authors tweeting rather than overall volume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ThisHappened&amp;src=typeahead_click\"  rel=\"noopener\">#ThisHappened<\/a> hashtag on Twitter to join the conversation about 2019&#8217;s best, worst, and most memorable moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More on Geek.com:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/twitter-wont-shutter-inactive-accounts-until-it-can-memorialize-the-dead-1812133\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter Won&#8217;t Shutter Inactive Accounts Until It Can Memorialize the Dead<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/twitter-rolls-out-hide-replies-feature-globally-1811552\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter Rolls Out &#8216;Hide Replies&#8217; Feature Globally<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/twitter-very-sorry-it-misused-security-data-for-ads-1806766\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter &#8216;Very Sorry&#8217; It Misused Security Data For Ads<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/twitter-Sara-KurfeBUnsplash-650x366.jpeg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Photo Credit: Sara Kurfe&szlig; \/ Pixabay<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>What do an egg, a South Korean boy band, Game of Thrones, Donald Trump, and the face-with-tears-of-joy emoji have in common? 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