Facebook’s global phrase of 2010: ‘Hit me up’

Half a billion people share their opinions on Facebook every day. With that traffic, profile updates are a new way to monitor the day’s trends and events. Sounds serious, doesn’t it? That is, until you learn — thanks to research from Facebook — that the most popular status update is “HMU,” or “Hit Me Up,” which means call me or text me. Profound. Brand Republic

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