Axl's birthday - Twitter Trending Topic

[alimari]

Axl's birthday is coming (Feb 6th by the way).

What if everybody tweet #HappyBirthdayAxl together? Maybe we can make a TT.

Just an idea.

[w.axl.rose]

you should post that in other gnr forums too so everyone knows what exactly to tweet on that day.

[Gunsguy]

great idea but I am new to twitter how exactly is it done?

[w.axl.rose]

instead of tweeting what you are doing just tweet this #HappyBirthdayAxl

[helenluna]

I'm in for it, just post the same to the other forums, but be sure to post it in the 5th, not now 9or the topic will go down and won't be seen by many).

[DebbieNgeorgia]

What does the # before the Happy Birthday Axl mean? I am in for this and I already have a Twitter account. I'm just not very savvy with it, but I'm not too old to learn new tricks. haha!   

[innocuous1]

I'll play - - first need a twitter acct!  Could you post specific instructions (twitter for dummy, in my case)....and is this meant that we all somehow try to send them at the same time?  What is "make it a TT"?   

[GUNNER]

I'm in...

I'll post it in gunsnrosesportugal.com 

[alimari]

Cool that you guys liked. I'll remember to post on the others forums as well. Anyway, if anybody here help doing the same it would be great.

So, on twitter (it's really easy and it takes 5 min):
- go to www.twitter.com
- register your account
- follow @axlrose @gunsnroses @djashba @bumblefoot etc (twitter.com/axlrose for example);
- you're done. You can write 140 characters texts in every tweet.

"TT" is the "Trending Topics" on Twitter. It shows on the right column the most popular subjects. So, if many gnr fans type #HappyBirthdayAxl at the same time, this text will appear for everyone who has a twitter account.

I don't know what's up with # exactly!!

[HBK]

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[Lou]

I'm up for this! 

[warrocks]

cool idea! I'm in too

[faldor]

Should we wait until Feb. 6th to do this, or is the operation already in effect?

[Will]

No problem, we'll do this at GN'R France too. Yes I think we should wait on the 6th. What time zone though? CST? PST? CET? GMT?

[Halo69]

I think Axl might freak out with all the tweets 

I think its better to do just a thread on the forums, and leave the tweets to the dearest people so we dont bother him.
Eventually im sure he'll see the thread since Fernando comes here a lot

[CheapJon]

I think Axl might freak out with all the tweets 

we don't need to tweet "@axlrose" just #HappyBirthdayAxl or whatevz

[Farid Bak]

Great Idea im sure the guys at GNR International will wantto participate too so count us in.

[ppbebe]

# or @ axlrose, it's much the same.  it's not like he's following us @ twitter.


I think to make it a trend, we better start a bit earlier than est hits the 6th.
Maybe like as early as Christmas Island time, UTC/GMT +14 hours which is 19hrs ahead of htgth time.

[Spirit]

# or @ axlrose, it's much the same.  it's not like he's following us @ twitter.


I think to make it a trend, we better start a bit earlier than est hits the 6th.
Maybe like as early as Christmas Island time, UTC/GMT +14 hours which is 19hrs ahead of htgth time.

Just someone shout "GO!" here on the forum, and I will tweet. 

[helenluna]

I think Axl might freak out with all the tweets 

No, it's not like that. We won't spam him. The idea is to post only the hash tag (the one with # in the beginning) to our twitters and each one can write s message along with it but not putting "@axlrose". The # tag doesn't show up on Axl's twitter as mentions.  He'll only see it if eventually we really make it to the "trending topics" because like someone said here, it shows on everyone's twitter page around the world. If we make it to the trending topics, then everyone, including Axl, by clicking on the tag will see all of the posts related, therefore all of our messages.

IMO is a great way to show him our support and love!

We should start on 0:01AM California time, since I assume that's where he'll be for his birthday. That's UTC/GMT -8 hours or Pacific Standard Time (PST).