From Netflix To LinkedIn: Why Everyone's Tweeting The Red Flag Emoji
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Twitter's red flag trend has taken a funny turn through the tweets of many individuals and brands.
Red flags are all over the place. Twitter users will know what we are talking about. A recent surprising trend has taken over the micro-blogging platform. People have started tweeting warnings about almost everything under the Sun. But there's the catch. With every such tweet, users are also adding red flag emojis. In common parlance, red flags represent a warning sign. The trend seems to have started on with a conversation around red flags in dating and has now spilt over to many other topics. It has also taken a humorous turn. Protagonist who notices the girl only when she takes off her glasses and gets a makeover ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????? When they want hakka noodles over dal chawal for 50 saal till you die ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? when they've never heard of WhatsApp???? “I'm not on Twitter” ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? "We're not a team, we're more like a family" ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? “I don't keep up with pop music” ???????????????????????????? "I'm not a Crocs person"???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? “I don't like Indian food”????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
According to CNet, Twitter has seen a 455% rise in the usage of the red flag emoji in the last week. On Tuesday, Twitter had 1.5 million tweets containing red flags in them globally.
The trend has caught up with netizens and big companies cannot ignore what has come to pass. So giants like Netflix have also joined the red-flag game on Twitter. Here's what Netflix India had to say about some cliches in storylines. For them, it's a red flag when "Protagonist who notices the girl only when she takes off her glasses and gets a makeover."
