I have had my twitter account for about as long as long as I have been writing this blog. I use it to post short little bon mots and, of course, to publicize my blog. I also like to participate in trending topics (hashtags) from time to time, if the subject is fun or interesting… or annoying. Such was the case last night when a trending topic appeared in my timeline. It should be noted that I am a grammar and spelling geek of the highest order, so when I saw this was trending, you can imagine how annoyed it made me.
#MentionAAttractiveFollower
immediately took to my keyboard and fired off this little shot at whoever came up with the above bastardization of the English language.
#MentionAAttractiveFollower Any follower that I would consider attractive would know that there is an ‘n’ missing from this hashtag.
I didn’t think any more of it until I awoke this morning to see that I had an inordinate amount of email from twitter. It seems that, overnight, my little tweet had taken the top slot for that topic (or hashtag, if you will) and it had been the recipient of 114 retweets and 42 favourites. This is astonishing, as the majority of my tweets get no attention whatsoever. On any given day, I am lucky if more than one person decides to retweet anything I say and now this!
Alas it’s now a new day and this hashtag has disappeared from the trending list and I must slink back into obscurity, but I will always have the memory of that night fleeting fame and how great it felt to be at the top for one brief, shining moment.
Twitter will kill good grammar
I Thought text messaging already did that.
It was the first fatal blow, definitely.
I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger award.
http://notestoponder.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/very-inspiring-blogger-nod/
Reblogged this on Big Blue Dot Y'all and commented:
I had hashtag fame once with #HowToBeAnAmerican. Thanks for being a talkative idiot John Sununu. What a genuine thrill!
LOL that’s a great one. Thanks so much for the reblog.