Do you like Social Media?
Facebook
Instagram
Reddit
Google +
Well, maybe not Google+
But, Youtube
and Twitter
Have you ever been on it?
Timeline
Trends
Hashtags
Comments
Likes
Retweets
When I started making this video
I had 11 Followers
And 4 were accounts that follow you
In hopes that you follow them back
But don't worry
Cause I don't give into those kinds of pressures
But I do have some funny tweets
So, I wanted to understand
How a tweet went viral
I went through a number of articles on the subject
And I learned
Pretty much, nothing
Since I was following 0 people
I had to find a reliable way
To discover Viral Tweets
You can actually search for a tweet
Containing a word, or a group of words
That also has a minimum of interactions
All you have to do, is go to the search bar
And type this
So that's what I did
And for a while
I went through a number of tweets
Followed some people
And eventually
Started noticing some patterns
The people tweeting this stuff
Were either very famous
Like Kanye West, Ariana Grande
Elon Musk, Tyler The Creator, etc
You get it
And it doesn't really matter what they tweet about
It will just go Viral
The second kind I noticed
Were the KPOP Fans
They have the passion and numbers
But unfortunately
Most of the time I had absolutely no clue
What they were tweeting about
Since I'm not really in on it
The other group I noticed
Were people tweeting about politics
Some were politicians themselves
Others were just normal people
But most, had one thing in common
They were dissing Donald Trump
This next group I named "The Cool Kids"
This accounts have the best engagement numbers
Per followers ratio
Their tweets usually have a certain format
According to what is trending in the moment
Or are just good original jokes
Here are some examples
First we have the setting, to give us a visual indicator
Followed by the subject that's speaking
The set up
And finally, the punchline
And here are other two formulaic tweets
That are widely used
Or atleast were, before something new came along
Seeing what was happening all around them
Brands couldn't miss out on all the free exposure
So instead of tweeting about
Their products and services
They wised up
And changed their brand's voice
To be more relaxed, self aware and less corporate
In some cases actually hiring some of these twitter
Personalities to run their accounts
To succeed, what you are saying
Needs to be honest
You need to ignore the preconceptions you have
And think for yourself
Not regurgitate someone else's thoughts
That's when you come up with original ideas
That if good, Will work
And as most media sharing platforms
Seem to thrive on everyone portraying
A glorified version of themselves
Twitter seems to be almost the opposite
A contest of who can show
How much they self loathe
And how much they can laugh at themselves
But is it any truer than the former?
Or is it just another cry for attetion
Wrapped in a different package?
