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12,500 ‘Likes’ On Twitter For Sluggo’s Catch

12,500 ‘Likes’ On Twitter For Sluggo’s Catch

ESPN’s dedicated Twitter cricket feed recently posted a video of the iconic catch of Bermudian cricketer Dwayne “Sluggo” Leverock at the 2007 World Cup, earning more than 12,000 likes. Sluggo’s now famous diving catch has previously been featured by BBC Sport when the play earned fourth place in a vote to determine which matches and... Read more of this article

Alleged Trump Cruise Promo Twitter Suspended

Alleged Trump Cruise Promo Twitter Suspended

A Twitter account that was connected with a purported Trump victory cruise to Bermuda has been suspended, with the account previously embedded on the website promoting the alleged cruise to Bermuda. While there is no confirmed reason as to why the account was suspended, the account was sharing conspiracy theories related to the U.S. election, and Twitter... Read more of this article

Bermuda Trends As High As #3 On Twitter

Bermuda Trends As High As #3 On Twitter

Bermuda briefly trended as high as #3 in the United States rankings on Twitter this morning [Oct 19] due to a spree of tweets about Tropical Depression 27 by major U.S. media outlets and other Twitter users, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center saying “Bermuda should closely monitor the progress of this system.” The term ‘Epsilon’... Read more of this article

Martina Navratilova Tweets Ahead Of Pride

Martina Navratilova Tweets Ahead Of Pride

With Bermuda’s first ever Pride Parade set to take place on Saturday [Aug 31], tennis legend Martina Navratilova has tweeted in support of the event, telling everyone to “have fun.” Ms. Navratilova — who won 59 Grand Slam titles, including 9 Wimbledon singles championships; 167 singles and 177 doubles championships — was responding... Read more of this article

Viral Photo: ‘Aren’t Born With Hatred & Prejudice’

Viral Photo: ‘Aren’t Born With Hatred & Prejudice’

A photo highlighting a uniquely Bermudian depiction of the old adage a ‘photo says a thousand words’ has gone viral, with the image, posted by Twitter user ‘Supply and Demand’, showing a little girl and a small Gombey waving at each other. The photo, which earned hundreds of likes from the Bermuda Twitterverse in only 24 hours, is accompanied... Read more of this article

Bermudian’s Tweet About Cohen Goes Viral

Bermudian’s Tweet About Cohen Goes Viral

A tweet by Bermudian journalist Clare O’Connor about her negative experience with Michael Cohen went viral, with some 70,000 reactions on the social media network. After President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to multiple charges, Ms O’Connor, an accomplished journalist who works in the United States,... Read more of this article

Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For July 2018

Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For July 2018

[Written by Don Burgess] Twitter’s war on bots and fake accounts has ratcheted up the past three months. According to the Washington Post, Twitter has suspended more than 70 million accounts as it battles to stem the flow of fake news on the social media platform. No one in Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List suffered that fate although a few accounts... Read more of this article

Klout Social Media Rankings For April 2018

Klout Social Media Rankings For April 2018

[Written by Don Burgess] People are sharing less on social media platforms. Concerns about privacy, people deleting their social accounts, and algorithm changes have caused a steep drop in content sharing. This from Buzzsumo’s 2018 Content Trends Report, which states social sharing has halved from 2015 to 2017. The report shows that it took only 62... Read more of this article

Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For April 2018

Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For April 2018

[Written by Don Burgess] Shaun Goater’s popularity never wanes. The Manchester City legend and current Ilkeston manager moved up to sixth in the Bermuda Twitter Rankings. The Goat saw a nearly 40 percent increase in his number of followers over the past three months. He now has 39,452 Twitter fans, which is 2,000 more than fellow footballer Nahki... Read more of this article

Data Analysis | #BoycottBermuda Hashtag Use

Data Analysis | #BoycottBermuda Hashtag Use

The #BoycottBermuda hashtag has been recorded over 900 times in the past two months on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and various websites, according to an online tracking service. We started tracking it when it first appeared in December 2017, and with the assistance of an online tracking service, compiled the relevant data below, spanning from December... Read more of this article

Twitter Responses: SSM/Partnerships Legislation

Twitter Responses: SSM/Partnerships Legislation

Bermuda’s legislation to replace same sex marriages with domestic partnerships was widely reported by international media following the Governor giving it assent this week, and the ‘Twitterverse’ also reacted, with those tweeting about it including business tycoon Richard Branson, American television host Katie Couric and actor John... Read more of this article

Twitterverse Praises Bermuda’s Olympic Team

Twitterverse Praises Bermuda’s Olympic Team

The traditional Bermuda shorts worn by our Winter Olympic team have attracted attention in the Twitterverse after the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea today, with some even saying they think we deserve a gold medal simply for the shorts. Tucker Murphy is representing Bermuda, with the cross-country skier making his third... Read more of this article

Klout Social Media Rankings For January 2018

Klout Social Media Rankings For January 2018

[Written by Don Burgess] There was a major shift in the Bermuda social media influence rankings as three new entries joined the Top 10 for the first time. Also, many people saw their Klout scores shift by four points or more, and some saw their scores drop by more than 10 points. Klout measures a person’s social media influence over a variety... Read more of this article

Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For January 2018

Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For January 2018

[Written by Don Burgess] Twitter announced that it wouldn’t be blocking US President Donald Trump’s tweets in spite in spite of a push by some to see him removed from the social media site. The company wrote on its blog, “Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets, would hide important information people... Read more of this article

Column: The Pattern Behind Trump’s Retweets

Column: The Pattern Behind Trump’s Retweets

[Opinion column written by Jennifer Mercieca] On Nov. 29, President Trump retweeted a series of videos that purported to depict violence committed by Muslims. They had originated from the account of a far-right British ultranationalist who had been convicted for harassing a Muslim. The backlash was swift, with British Prime Minister Theresa May saying... Read more of this article

‘New Start’ For Bermuda Premier Twitter Account

‘New Start’ For Bermuda Premier Twitter Account

[Written by Don Burgess] The @BermudaPremier Twitter account was wiped clean of its Tweets when the PLP swept to power in July. In the United States, when Donald Trump became president, the Tweets by Barack Obama were moved to a new account, @POTUS44 as a matter of public record. President Trump then had control of the official @POTUS handle. In the... Read more of this article