An anatomy of hashtag meme relevance over time.
Key points:the meta-summit, the hump of irrelevance.
(based on observation)
(By the way, I'm @megpickard on Twitter. I've been studying and writing about the anthropology of internet interaction since the mid-90s, I've been blogging since early 2000 and these days I look after social media for The Guardian.)
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Surf boy 50 months ago | reply
Nice graph, what kind of data is this based on? Would love to see the original research for my twitter eco system blog: 2above.com
lauralovesart 50 months ago | reply
too funny...and too true! :)
StoryCharms 50 months ago | reply
Love this. I logged in to Flickr especially to comment. You understand the relevance of that better than most ;)
bindermichi 50 months ago | reply
soo funny, and sadly sooo true :D
ShutterSparks 50 months ago | reply
Hilarious and very true. But it's not unique to Twitter, it reflects the way that any population of humans deals with new information--breaking news, the spread of rumors, etc.
Great graphic. Faved. ;-)
eustace scrubb 50 months ago | reply
Gee, thanks to you people are talking about people talking about the topics people are talking about. Uuurgh.
lewisshepherd 50 months ago | reply
Great graph. I especially like the comments from those who keep asking for the real data. I'm going to chart those comments; they appear to continue climbing even as you reinforce the fauxiologic point. :)
cosmocatalano 50 months ago | reply
Why the hell did you make this a JPG? Are you high?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics
Meg Pickard 50 months ago | reply
Cosmo: FYI, I made it a PNG and uploaded it as a PNG but Flickr automatically makes everything into a JPG when uploaded.
I'll be happy to send you the PNG if you
A) provide an email address and
B) apologise for being a presumptuous ass.
calvin tang 50 months ago | reply
This is great.
danielgej 49 months ago | reply
Amusing but true.
emjacobi 49 months ago | reply
Awesome.
Prabhat Khare 49 months ago | reply
Nice and interesting one!
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Tippingpoint Labs 48 months ago | reply
This is really an insightful post! Wonderful conceptualization of the challenges monitoring and participating in a trending topic.
I'm an admin for a group called Social Media Charts & Graphs, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
cosmocatalano 45 months ago | reply
I apologize for being a presumptuous ass.
alxflickrrr 44 months ago | reply
Good information , thanks :)
net_efekt 36 months ago | reply
Great stuff!
joelogs 33 months ago | reply
Nice! Perhaps this is a case in point? twitpic.com/2psnu4
nwjerseyliz 25 months ago | reply
So true. But since this was put together, Twitter changed their Trends algorithm so it might be more nuanced.
PedroStephano 23 months ago | reply
An interesting conversation above. But I need to know the hashtag so I can follow on twitter. Anyone?