These are the films with the most mentions on the social network. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)
X (formerly Twitter) has become one of the most used platforms by Internet users in recent years for various reasons such as the ease of creating communities, the publication of messages in real time and because through the site you can locate the most talked about topics of the moment, so also It is a gauge of how much impact have certain titles of series and movies.
Con More than 300 million users, more than 65 million tweets are generated every day and 800 thousand search requests are made, so appearing in the trending box on Twitter guarantees notoriety – for better or worse – and, in the case of entertainment, that more people show interest in reproducing a certain production.
Although in the new digital age it could be easy to get lost among so many novelties, the X trends – which will always be characterized by the use of famous people – hashtags— can be a guide to which titles are trending and must-read.
These are the most mentioned films on X in the last few hours:
1. Joker
Mentions: 121
Arthur Fleck is a man ignored by society, whose motivation in life is to make people laugh. But a series of tragic events will lead him to see the world in a different way. Film based on Joker, the popular DC Comics character and Batman’s arch villain, but in this film he takes on a more realistic and dark tone.
2. Mortal Kombat
Mentions: 110
A failed boxer discovers a family secret that leads him to a mystical tournament called Mortal Kombat where he meets a group of warriors who fight to the death to save the realms from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung.
3. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Mentions: 103
Fifth installment of the ‘Indiana Jones’ saga.
4. Trolls 3: All Together
Mentions: 89
When Floyd, one of Branch’s brothers, is kidnapped by a pair of evil pop stars who want to exploit his musical talent, Branch and Poppy will have to embark on a terrifying and emotional journey to reunite the family and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than the devastating oblivion of his fans.
5. Rebel Moon – Part One: The Girl of Fire
Mentions: 87
When a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruler named Balisarius, the desperate people send a young girl with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them resist.
6. Dune
Mentions: 81
The son of a noble family tries to avenge his father’s death while saving a planet rich in spices that he is entrusted to protect. New film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novels, which were already brought to the big screen by David Lynch in 1984.
7. Titanic
Mentions: 76
During the recovery of the remains of the famous Titanic, an elderly American woman contacts the expedition to go to a floating platform installed in the North Sea and attend ‘in situ’ the recovery of her memories. Through her memory we will relive the events that marked the most famous disaster of the twentieth century: the sinking of the most luxurious ocean liner in the world, the most sophisticated machine of its time, considered unsinkable, which succumbed to the icy waters of the Atlantic in April 1912, taking with it the lives of one thousand five hundred people, more than half of the passengers. In the memories of the old woman there is room for something more than tragedy, the love story she lived with a young third-class passenger, an amateur painter who had won his passage in a game of cards in a tavern in Southampton.
8. The Marvels
Mentions: 69
When her duties send her into a wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, Carol Danvers’ powers, Captain Marvel, become intertwined with those of Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s niece, now a SABER astronaut, Monica Rambeau. Together, they must save the universe as “The Marvels.”
9. The Batman
Mentions: 54
When a killer targets Gotham’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends Batman on an underworld investigation. As evidence begins to close in on his home and the magnitude of the perpetrator’s plans becomes clear, Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued Gotham City.
10. Paw Patrol: The Movie
Mentions: 43
The PAW Patrol is on a roll! When their biggest rival, Humdinger, becomes mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups set off to meet this new challenge. While one of the pups must confront his past in Adventure City, the team finds help in a new ally – the clever dachshund Liberty. Together and armed with exciting new gadgets and equipment, the PAW Patrol fights to save the citizens of Adventure City.
Illustration image of the X logo.(Europa Press/Contacto/Adrien Fillon)
Although X has been called SMS from the internet for its messages that allow a maximum of 280 characters (originally 140 characters), this is not the only thing that is attributed to the success of the social network, but also the trends.
It was in 2008 when the platform launched this tool and company co-founder Jack Dorsey described it as the “evolution of morning news”because while before a person was informed of the most important news by reading the newspapers or watching morning news, now the trends blog gave users of X a look at what was considered important at a given time.
With that first glance, the path was also formed that allowed one to “explore” a certain topic of interest, not only by seeing the opinions of others, but also by participating in the conversation.
Nowadays it is possible to see trends or trending topics at national and global level.
According to X’s page, the trends are determined by an algorithm and by default, they are personalized based on the accounts you follow, your interests, and your location. This algorithm identifies topics that are popular at a given moment, rather than those that have been popular for a while or on a daily basis, to help you discover the most recent topics being discussed.
Trending topics have also become an amplifier of citizen complaints around the world, such as the #MeToo or #BlackLivesMatter movements.