If you’re either American or Canadian (or just a hockey lover), chances are you were watching the gold medal hockey game yesterday. And with over 400 million users, there’s also a good chance you have a Facebook account. So what does it look like when those two worlds collide? Like the picture above.
As you can see, Facebook status updates per minute exploded at two times yesterday. The first peak, at 2:29 PM PST, is when Zack Parise of the U.S. tied the game with a goal in the third period. The second, much larger peak took place at 2:54 PM PST, when Sidney Crosby scored the game-winning goal for Canada in sudden-death overtime. All told, more than 3.5 million status updates were sent during those two times, according to Facebook. Perhaps even more remarkably, that was twice the pace of updates for the rest of the day.
While Twitter has yet to release similar stats, the service also undoubtedly saw an explosion of tweets during those two times. At one point after the U.S. scored, my entire tweet stream except for two tweets was some variation of “USA USA,” “OMFG!! USA,” “GOAL HOLY JESUS USA !!!1!!!,” or the like.
Data released a week or so ago had Twitter seeing 50 million tweets per day now. Meanwhile, recent Facebook data says that the networks sees over 60 million status updates posted each day (from 35 million active status updaters).
All that technology
All that engineering
All that electricity
so that 50 million tools could post a variation of the same message as if it was exclusive news or a life-altering insight.
But hey, FB and twitter are game changing engines of society evolution!
500 other people posted the same sentiment. You should have just linked to the official thought rather than forming or expressing your own.
@JD See? You’re contributing already make it 50 million and 1 now :D
As for the olympic updates, it appears USA bags the majority of the medal, although, canada gets most of the gold…
Well put Diapered Jesus. 50 million people who can’t interact with others in a real social setting sharing a useless message that most people don’t care enough to read. Oh how I can’t wait for facebook and twitter to go the way of myspace and friendster. But something else equally as stupid will start getting unneeded press.
why don’t you say the samething for techcrunch? isn’t it just a more niched user base? posting more relavent topics and statuses?
why don’t you say the samething about google? or google maps, google docs, google news, google buzz, google books….. isn’t it just collecting the information in the “Real world” and virtuallizing it so guys like you and me can access them anytime, anywhere virtually??
why don’t you say the samething about the “internet”? isn’t it just the infrustructure or fabric that connects the world, the people? or Phone…
This is a natural evolution of a complex species on its demise ambitions to conqure the univerise. the only way to survive is to be faster, more effecient, more robotic….
like steve jobs said, “you will LOVE an ipad. It is truly an life changing experience.”
I don’t think it’s that people on Facebook can’t interact with others in a real social setting; I can’t possibly be in the same room with all of my friends at the same time all the time. Sharing status is a way of communicating with way more people than one could hope for in any given day, so it’s actually advanced social activity, IMHO.
What “status” are you updating when all you are doing is pointing out the obvious?
-That you are watching a game on TV like everyone else?
-That you “noticed” this or that team just scored?
It is one thing to physically high five your buddies, or to enjoy a beverage with them in person while watching a game. You get to share the humanity, watch their reaction, feed off their enjoyment. Laugh and shout with them. You know, some of the things that makes us human.
But to type “GO TEAM!!!!!” on a computer box like a sad automaton? A message that is shouted with the innate assumption someone *will* read it? Sounds like an exercise in self-absorption sprinkled with total lack of insight.
Hard to see how this is communication. I’m sure it works for you and your friends though.
Do you realize that if you talked like people updates, everyone would think you are retard that just states the obvious.
Updates:
I am taking a shit, had chili for lunch
My kid is taking a shit
I am going to work today
Why can’t monday be part of the weekend
“stupid trendy named kid” has an XYZ game tonight
This is what you call being social? It’s a waste of time. Get off the computer and actually go talk to people once in a while.
@rosenbergatl – I am with ya! Watching the game with my kids at home it was great to get mid game comments between periods and share perspectives from friends across Canada and the US. I could not be at Robson Square, or Gretzky’s, or the Carleton Tavern, or in Seattle at the same time. And then to get live pics of fans in the streets from Toronto/Ottawa/Vancouver from buddies outside bars after we won was wicked! And Stevie Facebook status updates are not about who is taking a shit – seriously – you need to get some new friends.
CA-NA-DA! CA-NA-DA! CA-NA-DA!!
Shrimp-fried-rice Shrimp-fried-rice Shrimp-fried-rice
GO CANADA GO! █ ♥ █
Is there any way of finding out if “FFFFUUUUUUCCCCKKKK” was a trending topic in Canada when the USA tied it up in the last 30seconds? It looked like it according to my feed.
I think another reason is also cause the live score view on http://www.vancouver2010.com has a Facebook app shoutbox: http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/mens-gold-medal-game—game-30_ihm400101EY.html
Not surprised. What I would like to know is how many tweets were repeated on FB via Friendfeed. I know mine were and I know I was also FBing. You see, both Vancouver2010.com had FB integration so you could take part as if it was one big message room but in fact each was a status update. Those were very busy with people from all around the world watching results and taking part. I did not actually spend time on FB unless it was to respond to a reply comment.
Then you got people on the ground, at events, taking part in the Twitter hashtag “rooms” which through Friendfeed gets posted on FB.
We dominated not only the womens & mens hockey, but also the Gold medal podium!
GO CANADA GO! █ ♥ █
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do you mean Zach Parise?
Canada rules the Winter Olympics and owns its public beer drinking at the Olympics. Owns it!
How did you get this data?
No one cares about Canada
How did you get this data?
Canada rules the Winter Olympics and owns its public beer drinking at the Olympics. Owns it!