Identifying micro-trends in social media for topics in essays and articles
Micro-trends are the internet’s equivalent of a sugar rush: they flare up fast, get everyone buzzing, and vanish before you’ve finished your coffee. Unlike macro-trends, which lumber along like cultural dinosaurs shaping entire decades, micro-trends are fleeting, niche, and often absurdly specific. Think “tomato girl summer” or the sudden obsession with chunky knit scarves that […]