As we all know, the supposed “Rapture” didn’t happen as believed by the self-proclaimed prophet, 89-year old Bible scholar Harold Cam. Now he has predicted the end of the world for October 21, 2011. Although the doomsday “event” never occured, Twitter users and other social media sites reacted in various ways and then studied. Which category did you fall into?
According to Mashable.com, “Social media analytics company Crimson Hexagon analyzed tweets related to the rapture and determined that most people (67%) were joking about the “event,” some (10%) were criticizing Camping for his prophesies, and some (9%) even preparing an end-of-the-world party.” This company was able to study the reactions of people according to their 140 character Twitter messages.
I spent my Rapture time with my mom shopping. Needless to say no one really cared, but I really would have liked to been invited to a End Of The World party!
