I really don't like the Yankees, mostly because of their team salary is 227% of the league mean which I think gives them an outrageous advantage over other teams. So I'm pulling hard for the Phillies in the World Series.
And Monday morning, I posted the following Tweet: Go Phillies. #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike hoping investment bankers get really huge bonuses - at least 8 figures.
Kinda proud of my clever hashtag, I then posted this: ...Hoping someone w/ more Twitter clout than I can help popularize #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike
which was RTed by college buddy Lizzie OLeary, who called to task some heavy hitters, and off it went. Over the next day or so, lots and lots of people posted their own tribute to Yankee ludicrousness, including John Berman, Dave Winer, Jake Tapper, Jake Tapper, and Jake Tapper.
Not quite a full-fledged meme worthy of being a trending topic. But humor me a mini-meme, yes? Some of my favorite #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike include a hashtag convert, making fun of the Red Sox, references to Rocky (of course), Hoosiers, dunking on 4th graders (yes, from me. but its funny), and asking for more Soylent Green. Some takeaways from the experience: p.s. Apologies to the Bing Twitter Maps team for being distracted for most of the day. Update: check out friend/colleague Gilad Lotans vizualization of the spread of #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike
![I really don't like the Yankees, mostly because of their team salary is 227% of the league mean which I think gives them an outrageous advantage over other teams. So I'm pulling hard for the Phillies in the World Series. And Monday morning, I posted the following Tweet: Go Phillies. #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike hoping investment bankers get really huge bonuses - at least 8 figures. Kinda proud of my clever hashtag, I then posted this: ...Hoping someone w/ more Twitter clout than I can help popularize #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike which was RTed by college buddy Lizzie OLeary, who called to task some heavy hitters, and off it went. Over the next day or so, lots and lots of people posted their own tribute to Yankee ludicrousness, including John Berman, Dave Winer, Jake Tapper, Jake Tapper, and Jake Tapper. Not quite a full-fledged meme worthy of being a trending topic. But humor me a mini-meme, yes? Some of my favorite #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike include a hashtag convert, making fun of the Red Sox, references to Rocky (of course), Hoosiers, dunking on 4th graders (yes, from me. but its funny), and asking for more Soylent Green. Some takeaways from the experience: It indeed feels very much like trying to start the wave at the ballpark ...except instead of jumping up and down after a few beers and yelling repeatedly......you're looking for the guy (or gal) who knows the guy (or gal) [repeat] with the keys to the Jumbotron (or really, who is the Jumbotron) Very soon after it takes off, nobody knows (or cares?) you started it I amassed all of 2 new followers. Probably a random occurrence Even my friend who sits next to me didnt believe I started it 3 hours after the first Tweet It will quickly spiral in ways that subverts your original intent, you dont agree with, makes no sense, is funny but maybe inappropriate and might even make you sick Once it hits a certain volume, there''s no effective way to distill the data (find the funniest, etc ) ...project opportunity here??? p.s. Apologies to the Bing Twitter Maps team for being distracted for most of the day. Update: check out friend/colleague Gilad Lotans vizualization of the spread of #CheeringForTheYankeesIsLike](http://mattsly.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/minimeme.png){kind=link}