3 News Trends Absent from Twitter and Facebook's 2010 Lists

As 2010 draws to a close, Twitter and Facebook have looked back on the year’s most discussed topics.

Among the top 10 trends on both lists were World Cup, Haiti, iPad and Justin Bieber.

These top trends do not come as a surprise. Remember when Bieber was a perpetually trending topic on Twitter until Twitter changed their algorithm?

But the lack of many other news events on both lists were surprising. Since this is a blog about journalism and technology, here are three notable trends that are absent from both lists.

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