austraLasia #3484
"Let's make him trend"
MANILA: August 4, 2014 -- "200 years ago he started a trend. This year let's make him trend. #HappyBirthdayDonBosco". Thus begins a campaign run by young Filipino SDBs.
What is this trending all about, you ask? Essentially it is Twitter terminology and works on a Twitter alogrithm (largely unknown) which determines the amount and velocity of tweets at a given moment. We might call it a global heartbeat. Follow the Filipino SDB campaign ...
The young confreres of FIN province (SDBs from Postnovitiate and Theologate communities) together with young people have begun this campaign to make Don Bosco trend in social media on his 199th birthday, at 12 noon (GMT+8) on August 16.
The date mentioned is very timely for this province since FIN is launching its year-long celebration of DB’s Bicentenary of birth through a Salesian Family get-together at Caritas Don Bosco School, Sta Rosa, Laguna.
And it is not strange that young Filipinos are running this campaign, since for the nth year, the Philippines appears to be the Social Media capital of the world. A global study published last month indicated that “Filipinos are using social media platforms 53 hours a week. That’s a whole 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours!”
As of writing, the site indicated 20% of the goal has been achieved. Here's hoping that #HappyBirthdayDonBosco trends as our way of showing our gratitude to him when he started a trend of saving the souls of young people, nearly 200 years ago.
These young confreres are asking you to help us promote this campaign? They just have to click on the link below in order to support the campaign, that is, to make #HappyBirthdayDonBosco trend. Visit:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/14702-happybirthdaydonbosco
"Let's make him trend"
What is this trending all about, you ask? Essentially it is Twitter terminology and works on a Twitter alogrithm (largely unknown) which determines the amount and velocity of tweets at a given moment. We might call it a global heartbeat. Follow the Filipino SDB campaign ...
The young confreres of FIN province (SDBs from Postnovitiate and Theologate communities) together with young people have begun this campaign to make Don Bosco trend in social media on his 199th birthday, at 12 noon (GMT+8) on August 16.
The date mentioned is very timely for this province since FIN is launching its year-long celebration of DB’s Bicentenary of birth through a Salesian Family get-together at Caritas Don Bosco School, Sta Rosa, Laguna.
And it is not strange that young Filipinos are running this campaign, since for the nth year, the Philippines appears to be the Social Media capital of the world. A global study published last month indicated that “Filipinos are using social media platforms 53 hours a week. That’s a whole 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours!”
As of writing, the site indicated 20% of the goal has been achieved. Here's hoping that #HappyBirthdayDonBosco trends as our way of showing our gratitude to him when he started a trend of saving the souls of young people, nearly 200 years ago.
These young confreres are asking you to help us promote this campaign? They just have to click on the link below in order to support the campaign, that is, to make #HappyBirthdayDonBosco trend. Visit:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/14702-happybirthdaydonbosco
