Who tweeted on Christmas day?
Neil deGrasse Tyson
How many people retweeted it?
69,000 times
What did the tweet say?
On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642,"
What did he follow it up with?
a nod to the commercialization of Christmas
What did it say?
"Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA).
Was he on a roll?
Yes
Did he tweet earlier that day?
Yes
What?
"QUESTION: This year, what do all the world's Muslims and Jews call December 25th? ANSWER: Thursday."
Where all his comments favorable?
No
What did one person say?
Overly reductive, deliberately cynical and unnecessarily provocative,"
What did someone else say?
trolling Christmas today to show you how smart he is."
What was his reply to that?
"Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them."
What did he think about in a Facebook post?
My Most Retweeted Tweet
When?
Later Friday
Did he defend what he said?
No
What did he do instead?
attempted to quantify their popularity compared to previous tweets.
What did he say?
"My sense in this case is that the high rate of re-tweeting, is not to share my enthusiasm of this fact
What was it driven by?
by accusations that the tweet is somehow anti-Christian,
What followed that?
"If a person actually wanted to express anti-Christian sentiment, my guess is that alerting people of Isaac Newton's birthday would appear nowhere on the list."
What is he known as?
an astrophysicist