The presence of Twitter makes it easier than ever to see what people are talking about.
Want to see what fans are thinking after a big loss? Done. How about the finale of I’m a Celebrity? You can see that too.
Every year, Twitter put together their #YearOnTwitter list of their top ten tweets for the year that show what people have been talking about. This year the list includes musings on everything from the recent Paris attacks to Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum to trying to figure out what colour that bloody dress was.
Here are the ten tweets that best describe 2015, as hand-picked by Twitter themselves.
French president Francois Hollande reacts to terrorist attacks on the French capital…
Face à l'effroi, il y a une Nation qui sait se défendre, sait mobiliser ses forces et, une fois encore, saura vaincre les terroristes.
— François Hollande (@fhollande) November 13, 2015
Amid anti-police protests among black communities all over America, the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag becomes a rallying call…
#BlackLivesMatter isn't solely about affirming the lives of victims of police brutality. It's about affirming the value of all Black life.
— zellie (@zellieimani) January 25, 2015
JOE’s own Kevin Beirne makes the list with his tweet on returning to Ireland to vote in the country’s marriage equality referendum…
https://twitter.com/KevBeirne/status/601332883752615936
People use the #RefugeesWelcome hashtag to show their support for those fleeing ISIS…
Today bureaucracy isn’t the order of the day in #Munich.Instead it's a warm #RefugeesWelcome. http://t.co/Tg5SRQMW7a pic.twitter.com/2JcV84ENxQ
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) September 5, 2015
US President Barack Obama invites a high school student to the White House after his home-made clock is mistaken for a bomb…
Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.
— President Obama (@POTUS44) September 16, 2015
Argentinian politician Mauricio Macri celebrate’s his party’s victory in the national election…
¡Es acá y es ahora!! ¡Vamos Argentina!! #Cambiamos pic.twitter.com/tb6cWjAbbf
— Mauricio Macri (@mauriciomacri) November 23, 2015
The Women’s World Cup takes over Twitter at the beginning of the summer…
The magic of the #FIFAWWC Opening Match http://t.co/tQZuouH422 pic.twitter.com/65AKc2USkN
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 4, 2015
NASA shares the closest ever images of former planet Pluto…
Our 3-billion-mile journey to Pluto reaches historic #PlutoFly! Details & the high-res image: http://t.co/qX7KpXIUUQ pic.twitter.com/LDjXLtPdly
— NASA (@NASA) July 14, 2015
Taylor Swift makes the right call in saying the dress was blue and black…
https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/571131244634877952
Caitlyn Jenner’s transition was the talk of Twitter after she came out earlier this year…
4 hrs and 3 mins! @Caitlyn_Jenner just set a new record for fastest time to reach 1 million followers on @Twitter http://t.co/mB8u4dEU5e
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) June 1, 2015