Have you seen the Trending Topics sidebar on Facebook?

We all use some sort of social media these days.  I use mine for business networking and building our company brand. Some use social media to stay connected with their friends, others use it to tell the world what they are eating and other daily life events. Regardless of what you use it for, there is one thing in common; it’s addicting. Twitter has always had their “trending topics”. Trending Topics shows you the popular topics and hashtags that are being talked about currently. On twitter, you could always see what the hot conversation topic is at the moment and with hashtags chime in anytime.  As of today, Facebook is cashing in on the Trending Topics concept of social media. Recently, Facebook activated their use of hashtags into the social media site and now they are included a Trending Topics bar on the top-right screen when you sign in. On Facebook, You’ll see stories from people and pages who’ve shared them with you or have shared them as Public.

Before the Trending Topics sidebar, we had to actually read through everybody’s posts on your timeline to really see what was going on in the news. Sometimes when I wanted to know if there was some breaking news or major sports game, or earthquake (to my fellow California residents) I would just log into Facebook and read some posts from my friends. As of today, I could just click on the sidebar and read posts from EVERYONE who is posting in regards to that Trending Topic.  It makes it interesting to really know what people are thinking, and not just the people on your friends list. I am curious to see how it will be with the Superbowl, or another huge sporting event, a major breaking news story, weather, etc…

The real question about the trending topics is how are you going to use them, relate to them, or if you’re simply amused by them?

Leave us your thoughts…

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