Netizens Reminisce As #IllNeverForget Trends

On Twitter, some hashtags get to be so popular while others don?t make much of an impression. It?s been shown that the ones that garner the most number of responses usually relate to actual circumstances or other issues where people get to share the same experiences. This is the case of the hashtag #IllNeverForget, which was started by @FireStatic812. The topic quickly became popular because people got to share whatever it was in their past that they would always remember, whether good or bad. The topic had only been trending for several hours and has already garnered impressive numbers. At 12:00am on October 19, 2012, it peaked with 31,000 tweets per hour. A lot of people shared their own sentiments, experiences and thoughts. There was a combination of funny, sentimental, sad, happy, simple and angry posts. Others took the opportunity to thank friends for memorable times or look back at elementary and other crazy moments together. Many also talked about their past loves and traumatic experiences. More tweets were coming in every second from people all over the United States and the world. Overall, it was a day of poignant reminiscence for many. What is that something you'll never forget? Jump in and tell us in the comments!