Is Snowden not Being Allowed to Trend on Twitter?

by singular on 6/24/2013, 12:25 PM with 21 comments
  • by skwirl on 6/24/2013, 12:40 PM

    In my top 10, I have #Snowden, Cuba, Russia, Hong Kong, and Moscow. So for me Snowden is dominating as he currently has half of the trends. People are a little too quick to jump on the conspiracy theory bandwagon.

  • by Peroni on 6/24/2013, 12:33 PM

    Possibly for the same reason Wikileaks weren't trending when they were all over the media - http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/12/09/twitter-trends-...

  • by Ricapar on 6/24/2013, 12:32 PM

    #snowden is trending for me:

    http://i.imgur.com/ISYwKLD.png

    Sites like Facebook and Twitter don't treat all users alike when it shows them what is trending.

  • by KA23A on 6/24/2013, 12:47 PM

    Also, Twitter trends aren't based on volume. It's more about change in volume.

  • by rajahafify on 6/24/2013, 12:47 PM

    Same topic will not trend after it has been trending for a while. Or else, #bieber will trend forever. After a while it might trend again.

  • by danielharan on 6/24/2013, 12:47 PM

    Now trending for me in Montreal, so I changed locations. New York, Providence, New Haven and Phoenix. Also trending for US as a whole.

    The algo for Twitter isn't straightforward, and may even have human checks to prevent gaming.

  • by devilsenigma on 6/24/2013, 12:37 PM

    I get 'Edward Snowden' as a tailored trend in the UAE as well

  • by tehwebguy on 6/24/2013, 12:40 PM

    Another example of this is how Justin Bieber isn't constantly trending, but if he uses a new hashtag that tag will trend.

  • by 3327 on 6/24/2013, 12:31 PM

    If so then this is the first censorship of its kind in the US in the modern era (as far as I remember).