Today’s Top Trending Twitter Topics: Jon Lord, Marissa Mayer, songs, texts & boyfriends
Another day brings another batch of trending tweets from the blink and you’ll miss it world of the popular micro blog. Here The Drum digs through the mulch to unearth today’s five most popular topics.
A passion for music has driven phonic fans to share their favourite tunes with the world via the self-explanatory #SongsThatGiveYouGoosebumps tag, with suggestions ranging from Missing you by Puff Daddy to Rolling Stones track, The Weekend.
The eternal disappointment of an ignored text message is a subject of fixation for many tweeters this morning. Using #YourTextGotIgnoredBecause users haven’t been shy at coming forward with their own explanations; including “you replied with "K". How am i supposed to respond to that?? L, M, N, O, P ???”
The passing of Jon Lord, founder member of rock band Deep Purple, has moved fans to take to Twitter to reminisce about the keyboard player’s contribution toward the ‘heavy metal sound’ and share their condolences.
Elsewhere tweeters of a feminine persuasion have been bandying together under the #50thingsaboutmyboyfriend hashtag to propagate anecdotes. Ironically however it seems most contributors lack the critical catalyst for further discourse – a boyfriend.
Finally, poached Google exec Marissa Mayer earns a mention as people digest the dramatic flit of one of the search giants highest profile employees to assume the role of CEO at Yahoo!