FIRST Meme

[Jessica Boucher]

I'm not following - how would a new tag have better chance of trending than an older more used one? I'd love to read an article about it if you can point to it, please.

[SavtaKenneth]

This info on the trending algorithm was posted in the official twitter blog

http://blog.twitter.com/2010/12/to-t...-to-trend.html

It makes for an interesting read

[ATannahill]

Here is the important sentence.

Topics break into the Trends list when the volume of Tweets about that topic at a given moment dramatically increases.

[Tim Delles]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

Here is the important sentence.

Topics break into the Trends list when the volume of Tweets about that topic at a given moment dramatically increases.

Basically... you would all have to tweet about that topic at the exact same time... ie. 9:01AM EST of Kickoff.

As for 'tricking' Google into making it something that appears on Google Instant... It's pretty unlikely considering the volume that they receive, and if you set up a bot to just have it search over and over, it's very likely Google will just start to ignore searches that you do as it pertains to Google Instant Rankings.

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

Here is the important sentence.

Topics break into the Trends list when the volume of Tweets about that topic at a given moment dramatically increases.

Notice I kept using "less chance", not "no chance".

[dag0620]

Something else besides twitter/facebook.

If you live in the CT area you know about Channel 3 and Scott Haney. He's our morning weatherman and does a lot of announcements for community stuff etc. I'm planning on sending him an e-mail close to kick-off to get him to just send a good luck to all the teams etc. Another little thing to get FIRST our there, even with the non techy people.

[SavtaKenneth]

Can I propose the tag #omg20yearsforFRC ?
Would be a unique enough tag for it to break into trends if we can get enough of the community to use it.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by SavtaKenneth

Can I propose the tag #omg20yearsforFRC ?
Would be a unique enough tag for it to break into trends if we can get enough of the community to use it.

I would like that hashtag...but I can't afford to waste 17 characters on it :/

[artdutra04]

Twitter search showed #omgfirst and #omgfrc have zero results.

#omgfrc would be a better option, since this will be for the FRC Kickoff event. Perhaps kickoff tweets can be tagged with both #omgrobots and #omgfrc for greater chance of being retweeted due to the semi-official status of #omgrobots.

[Zholl]

Originally Posted by Karibou

I would like that hashtag...but I can't afford to waste 17 characters on it :/

How about something shorter yet still in the same vein? Like maybe #omg20thfrc? That's only 11 characters long

[Chris is me]

There's no reason there has to be an "omg" on the tag. #frckickoff #20thfrckickoff and #frc all work.

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

There's no reason there has to be an "omg" on the tag. #frckickoff #20thfrckickoff and #frc all work.

I agree, I don't know where "omg" came from, I'd rather just have #frc. Short and sweet, easy to remember.

What server would this be on, if I were to connect?

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

I agree, I don't know where "omg" came from, I'd rather just have #frc. Short and sweet, easy to remember.

What server would this be on, if I were to connect?

I believe you are referencing IRC. The theory is to get a hashtag trennding on twitter.

[rsisk]

I'm not sure if the #omgrobots existed prior to last year, but I think JBoucher is the one who first suggested the hash tag. It has become quite popular and has developed a bit of a branding.

We went through several iterations last year, but #omgrobots seem to continue with a life of its own.

I'm not sure it makes sense to try and change it at this point considering the amount of people familiar with it. And of course, the only way to really change the "going" hashtag is to come up with one more popular than the current leader. That's going to be tough to do considering the wide spread use of #omgrobots and you always run the risk of diminishing the brand recognition already inherit in #omgrobots.

I guess that's a long way of saying, I'm sticking with #omgrobots again this year. I may use variations to make certain points, but if I want general recognition, #omgrobots is what I will use.