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A Tweet Challenge to Remember
Posted on June 8th, 2011 (2 Comments)
After learning his stepson, PFC Aaron Fairbairn, died in Afghanistan, David M. Masters took his grief to Twitter. He challenged Tweeters to make “#thankyouaaron” a Trending Topic.
Within hours, “#thankyouaaron” tweets poured through. Some users called out their own individual heroes while other users thanked all of our armed forces.
Together, they landed “#thankyouaaron” on the Trending Topic list along side the other big news nugget of the weekend: Michael Jackson’s funeral.
This past Memorial Day, Trending Topics of “#happymemorialday and “#memorialday” filled tweets worldwide. Among the BBQs, boating and gatherings, Americans still took time out of their day to remember. Even if it was in just 140 characters.
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