#twitter 2012

HOT WORDS IN A YEAR ON TWITTER

By Valerie Seckler

Connecting the dots of a journalist/blogger’s year in top words Tweeted turns up familiar bedfellows — #NYC and #coffee, ranking first and seventh, respectively, in 2012. As it turns out, the term #1 figured into the top 10, placing number 4, in a world of words as visualized by Vizify. 

Planet Vizify features a slick digital-analog timeline slide rule that reveals the Tweets themselves that are home to the hot words. Hashtags and naked words both are fodder for the Tweetfest. Just three of the unhashed variety appeared in this particular array, led ironically by the word “list.”

Clicking on Vizify’s word bubbles reveals an individual’s Tweets; serendipity showed the hot yearend catchphrase “fiscal cliff” Tweeted by this writer on May 1, in quoting former Treasury Secretary John Snow during his talk at Syracuse University’s Lubin House.  [npr: The Origin of the Term: Fiscal Cliff http://n.pr/12TZYKz]

Valerie Seckler @vaseckler                                                           01 May

Former Treasury Secretary John Snow says there is a "fiscal cliff" out there but the U.S. #economy "probably won't go over it." #SUinNYC

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Valerie Seckler @vaseckler                                                          01 May

In talk @LubinHouseSU, John Snow says the top 2 threats to U.S. #economy = a weaker China economy & persistent European woes. #SUinNYC 

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Just one word approached the century mark, #NYC, clocking in at 91 uses. #SocialMedia was a distant second, with 42. Notable in its absence: #Sandy, which by one person’s count qualified for the Year in Tweets ranking.

Google Year in Review 2012

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