friday: for approximately 6 hours, the world obsessed over #balloonboy and for no reason too. all the tears, prayers, and phone calls made were over a nationwide hoax. quelle annoying. falcon, the boy who was supposedly 'caught' in the homemade hot air balloon was interviewed on larry king the following night and spilled the beans ('you guys said we did this for the show'). he also spilled his digested breakfast on the today show the next day. approximate time wasted on this family who was once on an episode of wife swap: 1.5 days. 3 days later and #balloonboy is still a trending topic. this kid is gonna have a great story to tell in school tomorrow.saturday: homophobia is gay, and jan moir would say the same. funny though, after the daily mail columnist blamed the death of british pop star stephen gately on his open sexuality. her friday article put her name all over the twitterverse and blogosphere while the acclaimed ally said his 'sleazy' death struck 'another blow to the happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships.' needless to say, the world went ape.
sunday: i hope you didn't grind your teeth all the way down, this one will make you smile. if theres nothing i love more than social media itself, its seeing a good cause come from it. the hashtag #beatcancer has dominated the trending topics now, but why? eBay/PayPal and MillerCoors have vowed to donate 1 cent to cancer research for every tweet, status update, and blog post containing the hashtag #beatcancer. quelle sympathique. but they dont stop there, oh no. they are also trying to set a guiness world record “for the distribution of the largest mass message through social media” in a 24 hour period.
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