Tuesday, September 15, 2009

FEU, Ateneo, UST trended on twitter

 Twitter’s homepage, September 13 around 5:00pm (RP time)
Moments after the FEU Cheering Squad was adjudge as the 2009 UAAP cheerdance champion, Pinoy UAAP-enthusiasts who uses twitter, the world famous micro-blogging site, twitted all together their thoughts, opinions and even violent reactions on the recently concluded cheering competition that made 3 UAAP schools a trending topic on twitter. As seen on the twitter’s homepage (above photo) FEU ranked 2nd most popular topic, Ateneo at 4th and UST on 6th.
Twitter’s trending topic is increasingly regarded as the source for breaking news happening elsewhere in the world, or simply what was buzzing on the web. Twitter.com is a free social messaging utility that allows its members to share their thoughts in 140 characters or less. It was launched in 2006, and currently ranks as the top 13 web destination in the world.
Here are some of the tweets* posted on twitter - Sept. 13, 2009:
ARANoid: FEU's soooooooooooo GREAT! cock-a-doodle-doo!!!!
lieu24: up crowd celebrating also ateneo's win haha... i love it, they even cheeringfeu cheering squad for the championship.. :D
DawnieAlexander: @TheodoreBoborol I think the judges placed premium talaga on cleanliness of routine.next premium is degree of difficulty thats why FEU won.
clevearguelles: can't get over sa cosnpiracy na nangyari between UP, Ateneo andFEU against UST
champsantos: In a surprising turn of events, UST wasn't even in the top three and ateneo finally became a runner-up. ending the era of FEU,UP and UST
*A tweet is a post or status update on Twitter
Here are other tweets posted:
Notes: former president Corazon Aquino (during her funeral service) and President Gloria Arroyo (during her last SONA) became a twitter trending topic too. 
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