Now, unfortunately its not hard to become a trending topic on the internet. The old expression of "15 minutes of fame" can now be reframed to a couple weeks of internet fame. From a video of a person getting hurt to an inspiring speech anything will trend on the internet.
Other than trending social media providing fame and fortune, it as also destroyed a few career's. Currently a trending topic is trying to kill Steven Colberts career. #CancelColbert has been trending on twitter for weeks. He is said to be racist and needs to be taken off of the air. If a topic becomes followed by a lot of people, actions will have to be taken. Not saying they will cancel his show but it is possible. There has been speculation of this as a ploy for him to take over David Letterman's Late night duties, but this is still just a rumor.
Trending media is a great tool or a destructing tool. it can play either way, but in order for us to remain in the good we must be careful of what we do or say online, because you may be alone but someone is still watching you.
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