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As many of you know, I've been writing an on-going community building diaries series about my experience with the social networking site twitter.
Some love it. Some hate it. Some, surprisingly, don't "get it" and can't understand how the damn thing works.
I'm @fab3rd a lifelong Democrat, out/loud/proud gay man since 1983, nonprofit hero, and tweet on politics, pop-culture, Houston & Texas news, and whatever else twitternation throws my way. Follow me, or just say, "Hi, nice to tweet you!"
Top Twitter Trends This Week: 10/9 – 10/15
#1 Super Junior
Kim Hee Chul of Korean band Super Junior tweeted a number of self-drawn pictures, and fans are excitedly retweeting them.
#2 Chilean Mining Rescue
Rescue operation "San Lorenzo" successfully freed 33 trapped Chilean miners from the collapsed San Jose Mine near Copiapo/Chileabout. The real-time TV feed led to not only tweets and trends about the operation itself, but about the individual miners as they were rescued one at a time.
#3 Nobel Prize
Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Literature Prize. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides.
#4 Twitter
Twitter’s new design has now been rolled out to all users. Some users reported getting an "Internal Server Error" when trying to retweet, and that led to another flurry of conversation.
#5 David Arquette / Courtney Cox
Actors Courtney Cox and David Arquette decided to separate after 11 years of marriage.
#6 NFL
Users tweeted about football, with Viking Quarterback Brett Favre’s arm pain, College GameDay Saturday, NFL GameDay Sunday, and quarterback Tony Romo receiving the most discussion.
#7 Hip Hop Awards (TV Show)
BET aired its annual Hip Hop awards show on October 12. It featured appearances by Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Diddy, Gucci Mane, MC Hammer, Soulja Boy, Digital Underground, Ice Cube, Salt-N-Pepa and Swizz Beatz.
#8 MLB
The baseball season finishes soon, and people tweeted most about Bobby Cox, the Atlanta Braves manager who is retiring after this season.
#9 X Factor (TV Show)
The British TV show continued, with group "Diva Fever" and "Aiden Grimshaw" as the most tweeted-about individuals.
#10 Our Lady of Aparecida
Our Lady of Aparecida (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora Aparecida or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) is the patron saint of Brazil, venerated in the Catholic Church on October 12th.