Top social media moments from New Orleans for #SB47

Beyonce belts out the national anthem in a press conference, 49ers coach disses "the Facebooking and the Tweeter" and the lights go out in the Superdom.

  1. Coach Harbaugh condemns "the Facebooking and the Tweeter" as a time drain, while 49ers players praise social media as a way to connect with fans.
  2. I was in a room of reporters waiting to interrogate Beyonce about lip-syncing the national anthem at the inaugural. When she walked in and did this, it was a major surprise, an effective PR statement, and an indelible moment.
  3. The lights go out, and Twitter lights up with bright quips and an immediate satire account. Inside the Superdome it got muggy and ugly.
  4. Just got a text from Kanye. He said that Candlestick had the best power outage of all time. #SB47
  5. Here in a room with 100,000 people who paid top dollar for this, there is anger: "I'm sorry, this should not be happening!" #SB47
  6. It's cooling off in the Superdome, where it had gotten very muggy. #NOLA was a great place all week. Not in here for past 20 minutes. #SB47
  7. Commercials go off TV to social media, with TV viewing just part of their lifespan -- meanwhile half of Super Bowl halftime commercials mention Twitter.
  8. The children from Sandy Hook sing "America The Beautiful" in a moment that puts a game -- even a big game -- some perspective.
  9. Watch Jennifer Hudson performing “America The Beautiful” alongside the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus. The video is on my site www.LIFEANDENTERTAINMENT.com
  10. The Sandy Hook Elementary Choir already won Super Bowl MVP. What a moment.

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Jeff Elder

Social media journalist. Social lead at SFGate, online arm of The San Francisco Chronicle. Former marketing director at Storify. Former syndicated newspaper columnist. Studied social media at Stanford. Led social for Fortune 50. Met Johnny Cash.

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