At the #Oscars, Ellen set a record for the most retweeted Tweet ever!
Ellen Degeneres is funny, creative and she sure knows how to mobilize an audience!
She proved it on Oscar night, by making one of her selfie, the most retweeted Tweet in the history of Twitter:
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow)
March 3, 2014
Here's the confirmation Tweet of this record by @Twitter :
The envelope please….to @TheEllenShow - this is now the most re-tweeted Tweet with over 1 million RTs. Congrats!
— Twitter (@twitter)
March 3, 2014
Luchina Fisher, was one of the first to write an article on this historic retweeted Tweet breaking record: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/ellens-oscar-selfie-most-retweeted-tweet-ever/
Oscar night is always full of surprises and tonight was no exception.
Updated: March 3, 2014
Well, @TheEllenShow is almost at 2 million likes on facebook for the same selfie, it's really impressive!
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Post by The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Updated: March 4, 2014
Here's the link to the Official Twitter Blog post on how the Twitter community used the platform on Oscar night 2014:
https://blog.twitter.com/2014/looking-back-at-the-2014-oscars-on-twitter
That's it for today, see you later.
Michelle Dunn
ICT tools and Mobile Web Consultant