June 30, 2026
Social Media
National Social Media Day: the internet age, viral moments, and how social media changed everything.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Allison, and today's theme
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is National Social Media Day, The Internet Age, viral moments,
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and how social media changed everything? Question one. In August
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two thousand and seven, a user suggested organizing conversations on
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Twitter with a pound sign and typed the platform's first
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widely recognized hashtag in the same breath. What was that
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pioneering hashtag that helped launch a new way to group
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topics online? Question two. In the summer of twenty fourteen,
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a charitable viral trend had people dumping ice water over
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their heads on camera, tagging friends, and donating to fight
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a neurodegenerative disease. What was this social media phenomenon that
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raised over one hundred million dollars in the US alone?
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Question three? Which catchy K pop hit became the first
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YouTube video to reach one billion views in December twenty twelve,
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signaling the global power of shareable online content. Question four,
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which app popularized the ephemeral stories format photos and videos
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that disappear after twenty four hours when it introduced the
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feature in twenty thirteen, later inspiring versions across many other platforms.
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Question five. In twenty seventeen, a two word hashtag catalyzed
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a global conversation about sexual harassment and assault, building on
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activists Tarana Burke's earlier work and spreading widely after a
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tweet by actor Alissa Milano. What was the hashtag We'll
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be right back with these answers after this break welcome back?
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Question one? What was the first widely recognized Twitter hashtag?
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In two thousand and seven? Answer? Hash bar camp. Designer
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Chris Messina proposed using the hash symbol for group discussions
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and used hash bar camp in his tweet. The simple
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idea spread across platforms and turned hashtags into a powerful
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tool for discovery and activism. Question two which twenty fourteen
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viral fundraiser involved ice water for a cause? Answer? The
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als ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge raised money and awareness
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for amiotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS. It showcased how tagging and
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sharing can rapidly amplify fundraising and support research and patient services.
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Question three. First YouTube video to hit one billion views? Answer?
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PsyS Gangnam Style. Gangnam Styles viral dance and humor spread
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worldwide via social shares and embeds. Its runaway success even
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pushed YouTube to update how it handled massive view counts
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as the video kept climbing. Question four, which app introduced
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stories in twenty thirteen, Answer Snapchat. Snapchat's stories changed every
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day sharing by emphasizing in the moment posts. The format
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became a staple across social media, adopted by Instagram, Facebook,
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YouTube and others. Question five, which hashtag went viral in
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twenty seventeen against sexual harassment answer hash me too. Tarana
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Burke coined the phrase years earlier to support survivors, and
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social media propelled it into a world wide movement. The
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hashtag highlighted how online networks can amplify grassroots voices and
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drive cultural change. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions.
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I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the
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help of AI technology. See you Tomorrow.
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