For a true smile on Valentine’s Day, look no further than these candy heart rejects courtesy of Twitter users.
The viral meme has Twitter users using the hashtag #candyheartrejects to submit and share their candy heart rejects with the rest of the Twittersphere. Social media tracking sites like Mashable and SocialNewsDaily have put together lists of the best rejected candy heart tweets, and some are a bloody Valentine hoot.
Some of the rejected (yet embraced by the Internet) candy heart ideas include touching messages just like “We were on a break,” “cat-fished,” “you don’t need the calories,” “Please B thinner” and “get tested.”
Leave it to the crowd-sourced humor of Twitter users to turn a Valentine’s Day staple into a sarcastic and hilarious meme.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Snarky Valentine's Day
- Opportunity for companies to embrace unconventional and humorous marketing campaigns for Valentine's Day.
- Crowd-sourced Humor
- Opportunity for companies to harness the power of user-generated content in their marketing strategies.
- Social Media Tracking
- Opportunity for companies to use social media tracking sites to monitor and respond to trending topics.
Where This Applies
- Confectionery
- Confectionery companies can leverage the viral candy heart rejects trend to create their own unconventional candy heart slogans.
- Social Media
- Social media companies can use trends like #candyheartrejects to encourage user engagement and generate buzz.
- Marketing
- Marketing agencies can provide guidance on how brands can incorporate humorous and unconventional marketing tactics inspired by the candy heart rejects trend.
