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After the tragedy that occurred on Monday Night in the NFL, where Damar Hamlin ended up collapsing on the field, the 32 teams in the league changed their profile photos on Twitter in support of the Buffalo Bills player.
The number of users connected to social networks is increasing every day, there is no doubt about that. This is revealed by the most recent report developed by We Are Social and Hootsuite, Digital 2022which details that at the end of last year the number of Internet users grew by 4 percent compared to the figures reached in 2020.
Said in more concrete figures, it has been revealed that there are close to 5 billion users connected to the Internet and, in turn, to social networks, Facebook being the leading platform in the market with almost 3 billion registered users, according to what DataReportal mentions..
Under this context, Twitter is placed in position number 16 of the ranking of DataReportal, adding more than 400 million active users so fardespite the fact that, according to official data, there are more than a billion accounts registered.
Although it is true that the bird’s social network is one of the most popular, reality dictates that it is far from being part of the top in which Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and even TikTok are leading, especially the last three.
And it is that, currently, what prevails in social networks are short video platforms, where TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube “Shorts” are gaining ground, mainly among younger users.
NFL teams change Twitter profile photo in support of Damar Hamlin
Having said the above, social networks today play a key role for the digital community, for brands and, of course, for the billions of Internet users who, as we mentioned at the beginning, are increasing in number day by day.
In the same way, the different platforms that inhabit the network function as a positioning tool in the face of any eventuality, a fact that we saw at times such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Black Lives Matters campaign, the recent death of Pelé, among others. plus.
Now, after the tragedy that occurred in the NFL, the 32 teams in the league have manifested themselves on Twitter as a show of support for Damar Hamlin, whose state of health is currently reported to be critical.
The initiative of each of the NFL teams has to do with changing their profile photo on said partner network, placing the legend “Pray for Damar” accompanied by the number ‘3’.
Every NFL team changed their Twitter profile pictures to show support for Damar Hamlin pic.twitter.com/YBy4x5SYIA
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) January 3, 2023
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