Rugby League on Twitter

[CC_Roosters]

An what people is an android?

 

[Timmah]

Operating system for smartphones, probably the iPhone's biggest challenger in the smartphone market.

 

[El Diablo]

so what is the tag for tonights game?

thats if rapture doesn't occcur at 6pm

 

[Timmah]

#nrlwespen it is.

 

[nko11]

As Timmah said Hashtag for tonights 1 game is #NRLWESPEN

 

[BM1979]

Where can we find the Hashtags for each game every week

 

[nko11]

Where can we find the Hashtags for each game every week

@NRLHashtags

 

[BM1979]

@NRLHashtags

Cheers Mate

 

[Timmah]

And @LeagueUnlimited as well. Link in my sig,

 

[juro]

So how does this trending thing all work? Does it measure the number of tweets over a given time (an hour, a day?) which have a key word? How does it allocate it to certain cities or countries? Are you able to see stats on the number of tweets?

Did any other games trend over the weekend?

 

[Timmah]

#nrlsydnew trended in Sydney yesterday I know that much.

 

[El Diablo]

get a hashtag going for Origin in HD

 

[El Diablo]

#origin
#stateoforigin

top 2 trends on twitter in Aus atm

 

[BDGS]

#origin
#stateoforigin

top 2 trends on twitter in Aus atm

Bolded - Number 2 in New Zealand as well.

 

[El Diablo]

Trends
Australia

#stateoforigin
#origin
#fivewords
Silverchair
Darren Lockyer
Suncorp Stadium
Michael Ennis
Thurston
Phil Gould
Jamie Soward

 

[docbrown]

They were #2 & #3 worldwide at one point for #origin and #stateoforigin

 

[El Diablo]

Trends
Australia

#origin
#stateoforigin
#oprah
Thurston
Brett Morris
NSW
Phil Gould
Ray Warren
QLD
Yow Yeh

 

[juro]

They were #2 & #3 worldwide at one point for #origin and #stateoforigin

Would be good if everyone knew and used one standard term. #2 + #3 could possibly have been > #1...

 

[BunniesMan]

#origin > #stateoforigin for obvious reasons

 

[docbrown]

Would be good if everyone knew and used one standard term. #2 + #3 could possibly have been > #1...

I think it would've gone close. At one point all the Australian tags were related to the game in some way.

Twitter works best if the tag is shorter but also clear, for example:

#origin is better than #stateoforigin

as people can type it faster
but that said

#origin is also better than #soo as people tend to get confused by uncommon initialisms i.e. people know what an ORIGIN is but might not know what a SOO is.

That said - it would help if the NRL came out and said - use #origin - and 9 broadcast it on their coverage as well.