Assignment 14: #Trending on Social Media

Trending on social media, November 5, 2018.

Following a Sunday of NFL games that often dominate the trending area of social media, including the second meeting of Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady on Sunday Night Football, Monday held a much different portfolio of #Trends.

I checked the Twitter trending section at 2:00pm on Monday, November 5. Here's an image of the trending section.

Twitter tailors the trending section based on your interests and who you follow. You may notice that some personalities that I follow were tweeting about certain trends, in which Twitter will assume that that is a trend I will be interested in.

The top three trends were about Tuesday, November 6, or Election Day. Following the trends about Election day are the standard everyday trends, such as #MondayMotivation and common online 'games', such as #My4WordHeadache. These 'games' are simply a way to get conversations going online or for telling jokes about the current standing of one's country or world.

November 5th is also National Doughnut Day, which was also trending. The biggest surprise in the trending section was #MTGUMA, which is referring to the announcement of a new card box for Magic: The Gathering, a popular card game.

On this morning's Weekly MTG stream, we unveiled Ultimate Masters! Learn all about the set and the Ultimate Box Toppers contained in each sealed booster box.

Oh, and it's coming December 7. Get ready! #MTGUMAhttps://t.co/iUPj3s2fIi

— Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) November 5, 2018

The announcement didn't come without scrutiny as many fans of the beloved card game noted the hefty price tag.

$335 a box? Yeah I’m gonna sit this one out #MTGUMA

— Emily, Big Tron Energy™️ (@veesa_mtg) November 5, 2018

Making a video about Ultimate Masters, but wow, $340 for a box is...OOF.#MTGUMA

— Wedge (@TheManaSource) November 5, 2018

The last trend to take note of is #HelwaniShow, which is a Twitter Sports show about MMA. The show is sponsored by Twitter, so it's no surprise it made it into the trending section.