Microblogging service Twitter summed up the results of 2015, to name the most discussed events, major Tweets and trends. The results are posted on a special page.
The most popular tweet of the year turned out to be an expression of gratitude to the fans of One Direction band member Harry Styles. He has collected more than 700 thousand retweets.
In the list of the most influential brands of the campaign were conducted on the platform under the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie and #PrayForParis – they belonged to the terrorist attacks, thundered in Paris in January and November 2015.
Wide coverage received tags #BlackLivesMatter, which marks the resonance of the campaign against the tyranny of light-skinned police officers with respect to African Americans and #LoveWins, which celebrated the legalization of gay marriage in the United States. The list for the year was the main tag and #RefugeesWelcome, dedicated to the Syrian refugees, as well as #PlutoFlyby, celebrating the success of NASA’s mission of sending a spacecraft to Pluto.
If something happens in the world, it happens on Twitter
As the trends noted on Twitter, the heated debate surrounding the blue-black or white-gold dress by tags #TheDress, #BlueandBlack and #WhiteandGold, and support under the tag #IStandWithAhmed, provided service users student who brought a class like a bomb clock.
On one of the tabs site contains a list of celebrities who have joined the Twitter community in 2015. Among them are actors Antonio Banderas and Adrien Brody, singer Diana Ross, the director Guillermo del Toro, and Luc Besson, President Barack Obama and former CIA agent Edward Snowden.
The record year for the first speed dial million subscribers became the new account Caitlin Jenner – it took only 4 hours to reach the installed straps and thus beat the world record.
Also on Twitter compiled a list of the most popular Emoji. The main icon smile turned to tears of joy, previously become “word of the year” by the compilers of the Oxford dictionary.
Compared to 2014, which became, according to the service, “the year of the self”, 2015 th declared the “year of Emoji.”
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Feeling quite embarrassed for the world realising that the most popular tweet of the whole planet is some nonsense posted by One Direction.
However, +1 to the invention of emojis. Made it easier to express emotions while texting.
It is not so embarrassing. We can see that on tweeter also important issues were discussed. For me Twiter is like modern, personalize newspaper: entertainment is next to the serious staff.