Twitter is now being used as a method to discuss special events as they are happening. During this years Oscar broadcast twitter is being used to discuss and evaluate the oscars among thousands of twitter users

By including the phrase “#aa08″ in your tweets or twitter messages a mashup is created with twitter users commenting on the Oscar broadcast. This mashup is created primarily by Twemes

Twemes.com as described from their website: “follows public Twitter.com tweets (messages) that have embedded tags that start with a # character. These are sometimes called hashtags but we like to use the term twemes.

Through the use of twemes, we can all view what people are talking about across the whole Twitter universe.

Twemes.com is particularly useful for keeping up on the real-time activities associated with a live event such as a conference. People who attend an event can choose an obvious tag (i.e., sxsw for South by Southwest) and use this tag as #sxsw in tweets, sxsw in uploaded Flickr photos and Del.icio.us links. “
This is an exciting time in social media watching the medium be defined by not only the tools and their uses but also by watching events such as the oscars and how social media enhances the events and draws participation
Tags: social media, twitter, twemes, oscars, academy awards