The most interesting thing about Facebook’s top trends of 2010, which it just released, is how much the social network seems to be ruled by the activity of teenagers. According to Facebook, the fastest growing trend of 2010 was “HMU”. HUH?
The acronym “HMU” stands for “hit me up,” and Facebook explains it as the vernacular kids in school (i.e. teenagers) use to suggest meeting up. At the beginning of last year, HMU was unheard of. Instead, “FML” or “[You can guess the expletive] My Life” topped last year’s Facebook trends. But by the end of 2009, HMU spread quickly, appearing in 1,600 posts per day. By the end of the summer of 2010, HMU had reached 80,000 mentions per day. That’s a lot of teens wanting to HMU each other. By September, HMU’s frequency decreased on average, because school had started and kids could only meet up on weekends.
The full list of top trends on Facebook in 2010 is below (and can be found in a Facebook blog post). Facebook said that it calculated the rate at which each phrase occurred in 2010 and compared that to 2009’s rate. Facebook then looked for the phrases that had increased by both a large percentage and volume.
1. HMU
2. World Cup
3. Movies (Toy Story 3, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Inception, Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man 2)
4. iPad and iPhone 4
5. Haiti
6. Justin Bieber
7. Barn raising (a reference to the game mechanic found in Facebook games “FarmVille” and “FrontierVille”)
8. Mineros (the Chilean miners)
9. “Airplanes” (a song by B.o.B.)
10. 2011
2. World Cup
3. Movies (Toy Story 3, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Inception, Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man 2)
4. iPad and iPhone 4
5. Haiti
6. Justin Bieber
7. Barn raising (a reference to the game mechanic found in Facebook games “FarmVille” and “FrontierVille”)
8. Mineros (the Chilean miners)
9. “Airplanes” (a song by B.o.B.)
10. 2011
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