Friday, September 23, 2011

Let's Get Trending!


A pony named Foal Papers has taken up My Little Pony's official tweeted challenge of getting the twitter tag #MyLittlePony to trending status. Wondering what that is, or why you should care? Foal Papers has written a nicely-formatted (lovely typesetting, by the way) Tumblr post that explains everything quite nicely.

Find that here.

Basically, what you need to know is: between 6AM and 10AM on Saturday, you should use that hashtag. Twitter will count the occurrences of it and hopefully we can get it to 'trending' status.

There's more info in the post. Get cracking!

52 comments:

Jelfes said...

He's so jelly of it too

wackyteen said...

but i dun haz Twitter.. or cell phone... or desire for either... <_<

Surgeon Kyle said...

Woo, go Foal Papers! Love you, man.

Basharoonskis said...

Hmmm, I don't really care, Twitter is one of those things I never got behind, but uh, go bronies! Trend the shit out of MLP!

mycutiemarkisagun said...

All you had to say was "FLY MY PRETTIES! FLY!", Cereal.

Jelfes said...

That was perfect timing too, I only got my Twitter account a few days ago.

Pinkamina Diane Pie said...

Nope. Don't have twitter, don't want it.

AppleJays said...

*Two thumbs way up for Foaly* :D Got my hashtag at the ready!

Flutterfan said...

Come on Bronies let's do this.

There are a bunch of far worse shows than MLPFIM that trend on Twitter constantly.

We must correct this injustice.

T-God said...

the amount of detail is AMAZING!!! their eyes dilate when the light changes /)^3^(\

WritersBlah said...

Ah...classic Molestia. Shame I don't use Twitter. I'll cheer the rest of you guys on!

Night Eagle said...

hehheh…….her horn's bigger.
my mind is so dirty.

banannagram said...

I'll get an account for this. Heck, I'll get ten. Just like all the rest of you should be doing.

Pinkamena Diane Pie said...

Darn it! You mean I started to soon!?

Stargazer said...

Doesn't have a twitter account.
Told MyLittlePony wants to be on trending.
Makes a twitter account.

Flutterfan said...

@banannagram

Exactly.

Think of it as showing your patriotism to the show and fandom.

OhYouFoal said...

Alright, I'm game. Especially since I'll be up around 8am to have breakfast and watch the new episode.

Rei_zero said...

getting MLP to trend on twitter?
I approve of this, and will definitely be taking part...

Flutterfan said...

@wackyteen

You don't need a cellphone. All you need is any kind of computer.

Mint Drop said...

@wackyteen

You don't need a cell phone. You can tweet via the interwebs, too.

PeachyKeen said...

If it's already on Tumblr, let it be tumblr.
Twitter Sucks. You don't get the stuff Equestria Daily or Facebook has. Real Fandom.

Flutterfan said...

Here's a little visual aide, let's make it happen!

https://twitter.com/#!/chalupatime/status/117399503614652416/photo/1

MaKS said...
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MaKS said...

Wow, half the reasons that guy gives for doing it are actually good reasons for NOT doing it as far as I'm concerned, and the rest are non-reasons at all.

MLPPinkiefan said...

Yeah! I'm already starting. I'm so excited about part 2!

John said...

I made a Twitter account just so I can participate in this.

ElectricZoNe said...

I got a twitter account, lets do this!

Tears of a Valedictorian said...

Although I'm not sure if the early broadcast time will deny MLP trending status, it's definitely worth a try.

On twitter in general, I never used to like it, because when I first got it I did what everyone does and just followed random celebrities, found it boring as hell.

Now my feed's mostly friends mixed in with authors, journalists and comedians I like, and it's great.

Flutterfan said...

I honestly never understand the Twitter hate.

People act like it's voodoo or something.

And the saddest thing is that Twitter is perfect for bronies. Want to talk about MLP but don't want the hassle of loging into some chatroom? Just search "#MLPFIM" using the Twitter search engine and just dive right in.

Or let's say you want to see what people think of the cutie mark crusaders but don't want to wallow through 10 pages of forum posts on some MLP message board.

Just search "Cutie Mark Crusaders" using Twitter search.

The possibilities are, like ENDLESS. Choose any phrase from the show "20% cooler", "Trollestia", "Secret Butt Fun", "Discord Q" and you get a ton of fan reactions to those. Twitter just makes it easier to see fan reaction than anything else which is why all the companies are using Twitter for market research.

Or let's say you want to see what the voice of Twilight Sparkle is like in real life. Follow @tarastrong on Twitter.

Or what's showrunner Jayson Thiessen up to? Follow @goldenrusset on Twitter. And he's not on Facebook, or Deviantart, or Tumblr or Google + he's on Twitter.

Twitter = Great

Hating on Twitter = Oatmeal

sleepingcobrox said...

Guys just so you know i avtually got hasbro to convice twitter users to try to trend ponies.

Foal papers has only reminded us to get this trending. We can do this

Carlos the Hedgehog said...

Wow. I knew there was a reason to get a Twitter! IT'S IS WHAT THE PROPHECY FORETOLD!

P. Pony Ponyson said...

Foal, you owe me a drink.
Oh... Well... A 'thank you is nice too."
*grumblegrumble*

Novelo Maus said...

Great. Now I need a Twitter account.

BubuJones said...

Hmm I guess I gotta sign up on twitter now

blocknight said...

Time to go get my old Twitter account.

IR, Roboto said...

I still don't see how Twitter is "easy". Every time I've used Twitter was confusing and information overload. I just can't keep up with Twitter, it makes my brain hurt. Damn, I'm getting old aren't I?

TGPFluttershy said...

I'm already following and rooting for Foalpapers, will definitely do my share tomorrow. Let's make this our own #FF!

bookman said...

Gotta get Twitter and do this then.

Aiz said...

Yep, this is happening.

Scoot said...

If I had a twitter account I'd participate.

cornllama said...

*sigh* now I have to go get a twitter account -_-

Rarity Unicorn said...

Just signed up for Twitter, the things I for ponies.

quackey said...

Reblogged and tweeted. Cause I'm lame to have twitter and tumblr.

NannerSaurus said...

Has twitter. Doesn't know why. Never uses it.

ShadowTani said...

Aw, doesn't seem we managed to make it trend this time… let's try to do it next episode! Everypony be prepared! And keep using that #MyLittlePony tag whenever you do pony related tweets. ;3

ShadowTani said...

In case anyone is curious how close we where to make #MyLittlePony trend? We reached a top ratio of 0.02% on twitter (which was the hour right before the new episode aired) - One of the bottom trending topics NRLmelwar had a top ratio of 0.05%. We can do better than this Bronies - I'll say it again, we'll be ready next episode, huhu! x3

Urshilikai said...

A lot of west coast and even central bronies probably don't wake up in time for the episode, it might be better to hold an event like this past 9PST.

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