Bare Shelves Twitter
Just last week, I was at the grocery store and was struck by the number of empty shelves in a couple of different areas. By the third such area, it was clear it was not just the store rearranging merchandise or slow in stocking shelves. So I took a picture of the empty shelves to post to Twitter with the hashtag “Bare Shelves Biden”.
Alright, it was a juvenile thing to do. But as I said, it’s Twitter.
Anyway, often as you write out a hashtag, the app will suggest what it thinks you are wanting. I got as far as “hashtag Bare Shelves” and it suggested the word Trump…as in “BareShelvesTrump”. I kept typing what I wanted, and it suggested “BareShelvesDeSantis”.
I’m no expert, but I don’t recall either of those things trending.
Went to a second store, and sure enough…more bare shelves. So I took a picture to tweet out, and this time, Twitter suggested “BareShelvesBrandon”…as in, “Let’s Go Brandon”.
I kept to my preferred “BareShelvesBiden” hashtag, and while you can search for it, those sneaky Twitter folks won’t suggest it for you.
I tried again as I was writing this…starting with “hashtag Bare Shelves” will get you the options of “Brandon” or “Trudeau” today…so apparently the Canadian Prime Minister did something to rile up the “keeper of the preferred Twitter hashtags”.
Some say why not just dump Twitter and focus on Gettr, and it’s true, I’m on both…as well as Instagram and Parler, and we post videos of this segment on Rumble, YouTube, and Facebook.
But that’s sort of the point…hard to dump something that is still reaching so many people…plus you have to know what they’re doing in order to stand up to it.
