New Life for Twitter: Sunday's Presidential Debate Prompts 17m Tweets

Regardless of no handshake or a delayed handshake, terminal night'due south presidential contend was the most tweeted ever, prompting over 17 million tweets.

Sunday'due south debate breaks ballot records on social media

Concluding nighttime'due south 2d fence between the US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is considered one of the most heated political exchanges in the modern history. But, what else did we await when we saw leaked tapes of Trump of what he called terminal night was a "locker room talk," and WikiLeaks publishing Clinton'southward hacked emails hours before the debate.

At that place were more than Tweets about #contend discussion of @realDonaldTrump'due south treatment of women than regarding any area of policy.

— Twitter Government (@TwitterGov) October 10, 2022

The debate was so highly anticipated that information technology became i of the well-nigh tweeted about event, with over 17 million tweets posted online. In its data, the social media platform said the question of Republican nominee Trump'due south treatment of women dominated the online conversation. Over 64% of the tweets referenced the Trump. However, Clinton walked abroad from the debate with 25,000 new Twitter followers, with Trump gaining sixteen,000.

Final share of Twitter #argue conversation around the presidential candidates on stage:

64% - @realDonaldTrump
36% - @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/jD338cX5Rr

— Twitter Authorities (@TwitterGov) Oct 10, 2022

During final night'due south debate, Trump disagreed with his running mate Mike Pence over Syria strategy, creating the top tweeted moment of the debate. The second near tiptop tweeted moment was when the Republican nominee said he was a gentleman, and the third when he said if he volition be elected as the president, Hillary Clinton would exist jailed.

Clinton: Good that someone with Trump'southward temperament isn't in charge of US law

Trump: "Considering you'd be in jail" https://t.co/PMz2LDYPiy

— CNN (@CNN) Oct 10, 2022

Top 3 Tweeted Moments of the US presidential #debate: pic.twitter.com/ZxUsdrLLMK

— Twitter Government (@gov) October 10, 2022

Post-obit Trump's attitude towards women, the near tweeted subjects were the "actual policy," including terrorism, foreign affairs, guns, and the healthcare. The debate also sparked its own hashtags, like #LockerRoomTalkIn5Words and #MuslimsReportStuff, which started after Trump tried to reply to a question by a Muslim woman about Islamophobia. Here'southward the nigh retweeted tweet of last night:

I'm a Muslim, and I would similar to report a crazy man threatening a woman on a stage in Missouri. #fence

— Moustafa Bayoumi (@BayoumiMoustafa) October 10, 2022

Twitter's future - should it be a nonprofit?

Last dark's extremely contentious 2nd presidential debate might result in giving Twitter a 2nd life. The social media behemothic has been struggling in its sale offers, equally some major potential buyers have reportedly started to back off. Would the 2d presidential fence and the massive amount of live discussions give the site a second chance?

The coming weeks will tell us if this latest heat brings any new suitors or do good Twitter's sale deal in any way. The social network is considered a big asset when it comes to the public dialogue and pushing social justice movements. Some have previously suggested that information technology should be turned into a nonprofit organization. Looking at how Twitter facilitated the inclusion of voters in the fence process last night further supports that thought.