Posts Tagged ‘hashtag’
Posted on November 15, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
November 22, Kanye West day on Twitter. A look Kanye’s Twitter history and how you can participate
One week from today Kanye West (@KanyeWest) much-anticipated new album entitled “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” will be released. Kanye, has been using Twitter to promote the album sending tweets to tracks on Fridays that he calls “G.O.O.D Fridays” to go with the name of his new label called “G.O.O.D. Music”. But it has been an interesting road for Kanye West and Twitter since 2009 let’s take a look back at how his Twitter journey has evolved.
Kanye West first tweet:
Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone Valley
Kanye West
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May 2009 – Kanye West blogs: I DON’T HAVE A F****** TWITTER…
September 2009 – 300,000 Kanye West Tweets Interrupt Twitter during MTV awards
July 2010 – Kanye West Joins Twitter
July 2010 – Kanye West Raps At Twitter HQ
September 2010 – Kanye West says I’m sorry Taylor on Twitter after an hour long emotional rant.
August 2010 – Kanye West starts G.O.O.D. Friday’s on Twitter
September 2010 – Kanye West Declares No Good Friday This Week after a leaked track
I’m calling it good Fridays. Yall know every Friday yall gone have a new joint from our family. We look at the game completely different nowKanye West
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October 2010 – Kanye West Will Take Fans’ Twitter Questions After ‘Runaway’ Debut
My Tweet on MTV
November 2010 – Kanye West responds to President Bush; angry tweets explained
November 2010 – Tweets about Today Show & Matt Lauer – Kanye West Was Coached for ‘Today’ Interview Gone Awry
November 2010 – Kanye West Cancels Upcoming Today Show Performance
As you can see since joining Twitter Kanye West has been very active but one thing is for sure, Kanye is being himself and loves Twitter for being a channel to allow him to freely tell his side of the story instead of everyone hearing what the media has to say.
She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directlyKanye West
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Now what is Kanye West day on Twitter? On November 22 in honor of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” album being released I’m going to post a Tweet for every hour of the day (24 tweets) with either a Kanye West Song title or quote from one of his songs with the hashtag #kanyewest. For example one tweet would look like this: #kanyewest “But I’m a champion, so I turned tragedy to triumph, Make music that’s fire, spit my soul through the wire” If you want to join/participate feel free to do the same or just post a tweet with the hashtag #kanyewest and try to keep it positive.
Summary of Kanye West Day on Twitter:
24 Tweets in 24 hours
Hashtag: #kanyewest
Tweet: Favorite Kanye West song or lyrics.
Theme: positive
Why Kanye West day on Twitter? I know some of you may be tired of hearing about Kanye West and you have your own opinion of him and his personality. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and who to follow or not to follow on Twitter. Everyone has their favorite music artist too. As for me, one of my favorite music artist is Kanye West. I may or may not agree with everything he has said or done but he’s an artist, he’s creative and we both use Twitter. Therefore why not.
Who is your favorite music artist on Twitter?
Posted on February 22, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
Stats: #28daysofdiversity Week 3 in review. Hashtags and new projects start
The last week of #28daysofdiversity starts today. Here’s a look at some the stats from last week.
via : http://tweetreach.com/
via http://twittersentiment.appspot.com
Via: via http://wthashtag.com
Blog/Media coverage about the 28 Days of Diversity project.
A new series started by Tina Shoulders laidbackchick: called 28 Days of Diversity in Design
You can see all of the first 22 here at http://28daysofdiversity.com/
Posted on October 9, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton
How well do you know your Social Media History? Twitter Trivia with @Jakrose 1pm today
Today at 1:00 P.M. EST Social Fresh organizer Jason Keath (http://jasonkeath.com) will be hosting a Social Media History Trivia contest to win tickets to the Social Media Business Forum
Here are the Details from Jason Keath.
Social Media History Trivia
- October 9th, 1pm EST
- Follow @jakrose for questions
- Random draw from the first 5 correct answers wins a ticket for each question
- 4 Questions
Good luck and thanks Jason for hosting.
Posted on September 6, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton
I'm embarrassed, upset and saddened by those trending topic tweets! Does a Race have a brand?
The tag
My rant
I can’t take it anymore, I just looked at the trending topics on Twitter and number one is #uknowublackwhen and the tweets that flowing in at an alarming rate are TERRIBLE! Most of the tweets are racist, stereotypical and appalling. To some they may be funny but to me they’re not. It just shows to others that we need to learn some online etiquette ASAP!
Why is this a problem?
In my world, I talk with businesses about protecting their brand, building content and how to use social media to communicate with potential costumers. Businesses are now looking at potential employees on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin profiles before they think about hiring them. Do you see where I’m going with this? I’ve been seeing trending hashtags on twitter such as #3wordsaftersex and more and I know all of the tweets are NOT by African-Americans but majority of them are. So if you’re wondering why I’ve been tweeting “be careful what you tweet” that’s why.
I can’t take it anymore
For me this blog post rant has been building up for some time. As one of the very few African-Americans on Twitter since 2006 – and I used to be in the top 100 Twitter users before all of the rappers and NBA players arrived – I feel as though I have a “little” authority to talk about the situation. Sadly I saw this coming and if you want to go on the “who gives you a right to judge” route, I understand but I’ve seen a lot of things happening in the Twitter space in the last 8 months that I’m not happy about. The #uknowublackwhen hashtag just topped the cake for me.
Where are you?
In the “tech” bubble it’s a hard space to compete in or just to get noticed. There’s very few African-Americans in the technology space and we’re consistently trying to prove our value; that we belong here too. You don’t know how many events I’ve attended where I’m the only African-American person in the room. I’m used to it by now as I’ve been in the technology industry since 1996 but sometimes I look around and I wonder where; are the other minorities? Are they not interested in technology/blogging/social media?
It is good to know others are trying to do something about it. Read: The Future of White Boy clubs from Chris Messina
I looked for you and now this?
There was even a time in 2007 when I went on a search to find more African-Americans on Twitter because there weren’t many. I did find @JaysonFlint @dj_diva @jbrotherlove and a few more. But now with Twitter going main stream, and Hip-Hop artist and black/urban entertainment using Twitter, there is no short list of African-Americans online.
Can a Race have a voice?
Something I talk about when doing consulting is understanding the community and establishing your own voice online and this goes for individuals and not just businesses. But what about a Race? What’s our voice or personal brand? Is it hip-hop, sports, rims or chicken? As a race we’re online creating content but what kind of content? Do we have be the ones online always arguing, creating provocative content, degrading one another? Then we have the audacity to go after others when we’re the ones hurting ourselves the most. It’s like telling cops to stop killing black people when we need to tell black people to stop killing black people.
Who’s influencing who and the problem?
In the past two weeks I’ve been asked about why is there is a lack of diversity in social media or diversity in the leaders of the social media space. We are out here but just hard to find and I think not “attractive” enough to grab your attention. A few are @Abenton @lynneluvah @jsmooth995 @corvida @rahsheen But I try to hold my tongue when I see music artists now doing keynotes at social media conferences when there are so many others out there who are qualified to talk – and no I’m not talking about Hammer, he’s cool. If you look at who’s educating the majority of African-Americans using social media like I said earlier, its the entertainment industry and we all know how most urban/hip-hop music is. 90 percent of it is negative with songs like “blame it on the alcohol”, and “jerk”, you take that and start talking and having conversations on sites like Facebook and Twitter – it’s a hot mess.
Again, I don’t want to be like I’m judging at all but I’m begging for celebrities, music artists, athletes and the like to please think about having some sort of online etiquette when having conversations with the general public.
Is there a solution?
I hope so? I’ve had conversations with a few friends about having a conference directly for minorities on social networking etiquette and we’ll see how that goes. Also there is the BarCamp Diversity idea. Although I think it comes down to people with followings and influence to educate others in a positive way – but in the mean time …. #THINKBEFOREYOUTWEETPEOPLE!
I’m done . . . for now. Your thoughts?
Update:
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Wayne Sutton helps individuals, startups and businesses succeed in understanding how to communicate on the social web via web development, user experience, brand strategy and marketing (Mobile and Social).
Wayne Sutton is an Entrepreneur, Advisor and Partner of NewMe Accelerator.
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