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"When you open Twitter search, you'll see a bunch of trends that people on Twitter are currently talking about. Sometimes they're self explanatory; but sometimes it's hard to fathom what these micromemes are about, even after browsing through dozens of tweets. \nSo, how do you figure it out? You can search for them, but sometimes they're so fresh or so specific that it's hard to find out what they're about. There's now a simple tool that does the job perfectly, and it's called What The Trend?\nWhat The Trend?\n\n\nThe site retrieves the latest trends from Twitter's API and gives visitors the opportunity to answer what they're about. For example, there's a recent trend called \"twoonday\". What The Trend explains that \"Twoonday involves changing your avatar to a cartoon character to cheer everyone up.\"\nIf you know what a certain trend is about and you want to help, you can simply edit the blurb on top of the page for each trend, without registration. \nThe application gives you a list of tweets, related news, and photos for each trend; it also has a Twitter account which you can follow here. \nOther Options\nAnother simple way to find out more about Twitter trends is by using Twist. It's a great tool for tracking trends, but it also has a nifty hidden feature: if you mouse over a trend, it'll give you a shortened Wikipedia entry for the term (if one exists, of course). This method doesn't always work but it's very quick and can be helpful. \nTwopular is another service that can help you quickly identify what trends are about. It lists current trends and gives you a Yahoo News and Google News search for each term. This approach only works well for trends that have been covered by mainstream media. \nMore Twitter trend resources from Mashable:\n\n- 15 Fascinating Ways to Track Twitter Trends\n- #FollowFriday: The Anatomy of a Twitter Trend\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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