Several tweets appeared with the hashtag
#replaceawordinasongwithmanyak as people contribute their own entries based on the hashtag instruction of replacing a word in a song with the word "manyak" (maniac) making the hashtag a Philippine trending topic.
When we tried to find the source of the hashtag, we found
a post on Facebook which is a chat transcript discussing the hashtag and making it a trend. The hashtag was the brainchild of Atenean
Nathania Chua known on Twitter as
@PilosopoTanya and
@akzena and first posted August 1, 2011 12:08pm. Based on the photo caption, the hashtag 1st appeared on trending topics 12 hours after.
UPDATE: After 3 hours of endless manyak tweets, #replaceawordinasongwithmanyak officially trended at the second spot after the promoted TT at around 12:10am, August 2, 2011. WOOOHOOOO
As of Aug 2, 2011 3:44pm, there are over 2,400 tweets with the hashtag. A partial archive of the tweets can be viewed
here.
Aug 2, 2011 10:15pm Update: The Boys Night Out nationwide radio program on
@magic899 are talking about this trending topic. A personal account by the creator of this trend can be found at
http://thenatenean.tumblr.com/ . We're also estimating a total of at least 4,000 tweets by now with the hashtag.
Here are some entries using the hashtag:
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You are manyak, no matter what they say. Words can't bring you down. (Beautiful by Christina Aguillera) #replaceawordinasongwithmanyak
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