June 30 is social media day
MANILA, Philippines - Let us all recognize the revolution of social media by celebrating the Annual World Social Media Day this June 30! All thanks to the social media, being connected to the world around us has been trouble-free and easy. If social media users would form another planet, who knows how many entities could pop up in a minute?
Mashable, a British-American social media blog founded by Pete Cashmore in 2005, launched World Social Media Day in 2010 to recognize social media's growth. In line with the celebration, Mashable organizes “Mashable Meetups” where social media users have the opportunity to get together and talk about social media and technology offline. According to their webpage, there is a total of 1946 mashable communities including New York, Sao Paulo, San Francisco, Atlanta, London, Barcelona, and many more.
The Philippines online community on the other hand, celebrated the social media day in advance last Saturday, June 28. With the theme #boomPH (Best of Online Media in the Philippines), the event tackled the boom in the internet, social media and digital industries in the Philippines, the opportunities that come with them, their positive impact on the lives of Filipinos, the promotion of prosperity for users, and connectivity for all.
The event was lead by TweetUp Manila, a community of netizens that organizes regular and periodic Twitter Meetups (TweetUps!) in Metro Manila.
Here are some tweets about the event held on June 28:
#TheShyPhotographer at #BoomPH pic.twitter.com/zes8BEEmNM
— Gary Coronado (@garybc) June 30, 2014
Christine Roque - http://t.co/UUGKULNov7 talks about the success of the petition platform #boomPH #SMday | @epic_epi pic.twitter.com/By7BYwtOUd
— The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) June 28, 2014
And the stage is set! We're getting ready for you! #smday #boomPH pic.twitter.com/uAnMH8AdQ6
— Rosario Juan (@juanxi) June 28, 2014
Happy Social Media Day netizens! We are on our way. See you there! #BoomPH @tweetupmnl
— Moonleaf Tea Shop (@moonleafteashop) June 28, 2014
