2017 was a hard year for a lot of people and also the shtupids were out in full force and so we looked to encourage people to up their game with a tag called #ICanDoBetterBy
[The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6 am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag game. @AFrikkinHashtag [say it out loud] is South Africa’s #1 Hashtag game and is always a lot of fun. The F.L.O.P. [or Fish List Of Prizeworthyness] is the collection of some of the best tweets from each week’s game and is what all seriously comedic Hashtaggers aspire to…]
We had been enjoying Silver Eye aka @Sb_spark for a while now and were amped when he decided to join in and co-host AFH with me:
…and soon we were sending out invitations:
Join @BrettFishA and @Sb_spark with The UnNamed Ones on @TheHashtagGame as we look to improve the way we live as we play #ICanDoBetterBy pic.twitter.com/eaXxUGl4B6
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) October 18, 2017
And starting with a few examples, you know, just to move things along:
In my conversations and actions when i am engaging with women and people of colour #ICanDoBetterBy living by this simple mantra. pic.twitter.com/EwqL4mKNhJ
— Brett FISH Anderson (@BrettFishA) October 18, 2017
#ICanDoBetterBy taking more time to listen. Really listen. Not to reply. Not to have my say. But to see and learn and hopefully understand. pic.twitter.com/wl7bhKIxNO
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) October 18, 2017
Silver Eye immediately in there showing us his stuff:
#ICanDoBetterBy changing my point of view. Because when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
— Silver Eye ☄ (@Sb_spark) October 18, 2017
#ICanDoBetterBy eating some spinach. pic.twitter.com/UsTTg1YqTa
— Silver Eye ☄ (@Sb_spark) October 18, 2017
#ICanDoBetterBy avoiding my adults responsibilities and problems. 😫 pic.twitter.com/2NtooCPUW2
— Silver Eye ☄ (@Sb_spark) October 18, 2017
We did some pretty amazing trending and stuck around for a while:
Top 5:
1: #WednesdayWisdom +4
2: #ICanDoBetterBy +2
3: #SgtLaDavidJohnson +8
4: Rockets -1
5: #WhatConsentMeansToMe +6— TRENDS5USA (@Trends5USA) October 18, 2017
@KeshaTedder Did you know that #ICanDoBetterBy was Trending Topic for 6 hours? → https://t.co/vQJesRfMxM @BrettFishA #trndnl
— Trendinalia USA (@trendinaliaUS) October 19, 2017
Even scoring a mention on SA Social Trends:
#ICanDoBetterBy Focusing on the solution not the blame
— SocialTrends🇿🇦™ (@SocialTrendsZA) October 18, 2017
A number of our bot friends dropped by, including:
What's the deal with #ICanDoBetterBy? Do you heart me? Am I a dog? Am I an actual not? Just what am I?
— Seinfeld Bot (@TheSeinfeldBot) October 18, 2017
Everything you know about I Can Do Better By is wrong.
— Wrong Bot (@yrwrong) October 18, 2017
And then there was you. You guys didn’t let us down. And just know that with 6 hours of trending tweets there were a whole bunch that were good enough to F.L.O.P. but we are not Pokemon Go and so cannot catch ’em all… but the ones that did grab our attention were these and we celebrate by announcing this week’s
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS [F.L.O.P.]
John got us off on an amazing journey of self-reflection:
#ICanDoBetterBy accepting I’m no better than anyone else.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) October 18, 2017
Which Jimmy grabbed and ran with:
#ICanDoBetterBy Being more patient with others, including myself.
— Jimmy (@RandomIgnorance) October 18, 2017
Tom also helped us aim at a better place:
#ICanDoBetterBy letting go of desire and being grateful and compassionate
— Tom Malvaso (@TomMalvaso) October 18, 2017
Cameron reminding us that for the most part how we respond to life is key:
#ICanDoBetterBy keeping an optimistic point of view. pic.twitter.com/9iPGy1ud8J
— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) October 18, 2017
Richard scored misdirection points by heading us a whole different way:
#ICanDoBetterBy opening up a factory that cans DoBetter….
— Richard H (@FeeBooths) October 18, 2017
While Paul jumped straight to the obvious:
#ICanDoBetterBy adding more cowbell.
— Paul Schofield (@schofey27) October 18, 2017
Believer looked to trust more:
#ICanDoBetterBy not worrying about everything pic.twitter.com/tmwkw55TrY
— I'm a believer (@andlifeainteasy) October 18, 2017
While Fletch thought we needed to aim a little higher:
#ICanDoBetterBy not making the same mistake twice pic.twitter.com/9BlQSxahKa
— 🍁Oh hai Fletch 🍀 (@Darth_Pingu) October 18, 2017
Tom scored some misdirection points for this great workout routine:
#ICanDoBetterBy hitting the gym. After all, slapping the front window as I pass by for Dunkin Donuts in the morning, only takes a second.
— Tom Malvaso (@TomMalvaso) October 18, 2017
While i resonated a little with Don’t Think So on this one:
#ICanDoBetterBy not treating everyday as a “cheat” day. pic.twitter.com/IMbZTZS0CL
— Dont Think Soooo Cold ❄️⛄️ (@DontThinkso555) October 18, 2017
Fletch was back and encouraging us not to be caught making a wookie error:
#ICanDoBetterBy letting the Wookie win pic.twitter.com/gVxot3b05D
— 🍁Oh hai Fletch 🍀 (@Darth_Pingu) October 18, 2017
Feels like Daryl is on to something in a #NotOnOurWatch kind of way
#ICanDoBetterBy Being more vocal about moral blind spots. We all have them no matter how sure we are.
— Daryl Deliberately (@DarylALTA) October 18, 2017
As is John with an attitude we adopt and highly recommend and urge:
#ICanDoBetterBy calling out sexist ‘banter’ wherever I hear it.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) October 18, 2017
While Tord-Rune had a tip for all the villains out there:
#ICanDoBetterBy killing the hero instantly instead of telling him my long and complicating plan.
— Tord-Rune Kvikstad (@BareTord) October 18, 2017
Doc seemed to be feeling a tinge of regret:
#ICanDoBetterBy not stealing tweets. I'll just borrow them from now on.
— Doc (@DocDarnell) October 18, 2017
While Stan was committing to be better family #GoForItStan:
#ICanDoBetterBy calling my kids more while I'm away.
— Stan স্টান (@eminem11683) October 18, 2017
While Boss Man speaks for many of us although hopefully not this dramatically:
#ICanDoBetterBy waiting until after i’m parked to tweet. pic.twitter.com/F1J1wUNtBL
— Boss Man (@RealManInCharge) October 18, 2017
Rugged was turning a cat-astrophe into a purr-fect solution #YesIWentThere:
#ICanDoBetterBy using nice and easy strokes pic.twitter.com/84aWIfCOfp
— Rugged zmv (@ZMV9253) October 18, 2017
I am me discovered some healthy life choices:
#ICanDoBetterBy thawing my meat 🍖 before cooking it.
— ♏️IAmMe♏️ (@Useame) October 18, 2017
Cool Chris looked like he was on to something:
#ICanDoBetterBy giving them the last word
— CoolChris_007 (@CoolChris_007) October 18, 2017
CLo was definitely on to something we need to pass around:
#ICanDoBetterBy being thankful for what I have rather than envious of the things I do not.
— CLo (@CLo_Exia) October 18, 2017
Cheering Ben from the sidelines as this is a great way of thinking and acting #ComeOnMen:
#ICanDoBetterBy changing the conversation and opening people's minds to a different perspective, and supporting female voices.
— Ben Ferris (@benbug) October 18, 2017
Aquilia was challenging us towards greater things:
#ICanDoBetterBy knowing people before judging them.
— Aquilia (@Aquilia_Dsouza) October 18, 2017
While Lisa A had some assembly required:
#ICanDoBetterBy actually reading the instructions… pic.twitter.com/PtQQ0nOKp7
— lisa a (@triqu3tra) October 18, 2017
Derecho seemed to know where to find his peace:
#ICanDoBetterBy strolling over to the #WednesdayWisdom tag and staring at autumnal sunrise pics until everything is all better.
— Derecho Petrichor (@zoomboom100) October 18, 2017
While Steven crushed the pun section of this game:
#icandobetterby getting a job in Seoul. I hear it's a good Korea move
— Steven (@steve_d24) October 18, 2017
Rachele had a great perspective:
#ICanDoBetterBy trying, even when I know it won't be perfect, instead of accepting defeat before I even start.
— Rachele Lee (@stfurachele) October 18, 2017
While Crystal was talking madness:
#ICanDoBetterBy cutting back on Nutella pic.twitter.com/ZAlazuevJ7
— Crystal (@SeamonkeyzRule) October 18, 2017
So many good tweets and if we could all just live by half of the advice on this list [including the cowbell, cos come on!] the world would immediately be a much better place. So many great tweets but five that nudged their way even further and made it all the way on to this week’s
F.L.O.P. FIVE
[5] While you’re reading Klaus’s tweet i will be over here paging through my dictionary:
#ICanDoBetterBy eschewing obfuscation…
— [TLB] Klaus (@TLBKlaus) October 18, 2017
[4] i could not have said it betterer than Edward:
Doing betterer #ICanDoBetterBy
— Edward Espinoza (@Edwardaespinoza) October 18, 2017
[3] Top Shelv had this epic advice for us:
#ICanDoBetterBy not stirring my coffee with my phone.
— Top Shelv. (@shelvine) October 18, 2017
[2] H Langley summed so much of the sentiments up in this simple yet deeply profound tweet:
#ICanDoBetterBy treating others how i'd like to be treated
— H Langley (@taerayonline) October 18, 2017
[1] But this week’s TOPPEST TOP TWEET definitely goes to PG Lee and we celebrate with him, as we seek to share his attitude:
#ICanDoBetterBy treating everyday as a blessing. #BrainTumor Survivor
— January 26🎂🎁🎈🍺 (@PG_Lee_80s_Baby) October 18, 2017
What a life-giving game everyone and thanks as always [most of you] for keeping it FAMILY cos those are the tweets we RT and LIKE and Banter with and so on…
Huge shout out to Silver Eye for an excellent co-hostage and The UnNamed Ones for continuing to make these games shine and rock and roll and some other fourth things.
See you next at Wed [oh, that’s today!] at 1pm South African time and 6am EST as we seek to keep the WIT in the Twitterer in one of the most fun and family vibing games there is.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TWITTERVERSE
love brett “Fish” and No_bob and The UnNamed Ones and everyone connected to the FREE @HashtagRoundup app which you should really download if you don’t have it yet…
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