{"id":1993,"date":"2014-04-14T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T16:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2014-04-14T20:07:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T00:07:02","slug":"teen-asks-netflix-to-prom-via-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/teen-asks-netflix-to-prom-via-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen asks Netflix to prom via Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

By CLARA BENDAYAN<\/p>\n

The latest trend on social media among teenagers seems to be prom-asking, modernly known as a \u201cpromposal.\u201d However, this trend doesn\u2019t occur among each other. Rather, there\u2019s been a spike in gutsy teens asking their favorite celebrities to prom via Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.<\/p>\n

With the emergence of social media sites such as Twitter, where fans are able to communicate with their favorite celebrities, there has been a rise in celebrity-fan communication.<\/p>\n

Celebrities and famous companies gets millions of tweets a day, and obviously not all of them are answered or seen. However, sometimes some people get lucky and their dreams come true.<\/p>\n

This was the case with Muthana Sweis, a 17-year-old from Chicago who asked Netflix, a popular streaming company, via Twitter if the company would go with him to his junior prom if his tweet got 1,000 retweets.<\/p>\n

While many would think this is odd, Sweis became the most popular guy in his high school for his unique stunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow is a movie website going to escort my baby brother to prom?\u201d asked Sweis’s sister.<\/p>\n

Good question. It turns out that Netflix agreed and decided to give Sweis a bunch of cool accessories and clothing from iconic movies and TV shows.<\/p>\n

Did I also mention that they hooked him up with James Bond\u2019s \u201cSkyfall\u201d tux and the 1950s Buick from \u201cGrease?\u201d Not too shabby at all. <\/i>They also gave him the choice of a chauffeur along with choosing his tux and ride.<\/p>\n

Naturally, he chose a Danny Zuko look-alike.<\/p>\n

\"Muthana<\/a>

Muthana Sweis’s tweet promposal to Netflix (Courtesy of HuffingtonPost).<\/p><\/div>\n

Netflix sent a camera crew to the teen\u2019s hometown and followed him to prom. When he arrived, nearly every student jumped at the chance of snapping an Instagram picture of him and, of course, with him.<\/p>\n

Final verdict? I guess Netflix will no longer be associated with being that site where you binge-watch shows on when you\u2019re not feeling social. This also proved to be an excellent and nontraditional marketing strategy.<\/p>\n

\"Netflix's<\/a>

Netflix’s response to Sweis’s tweet (Courtesy of HuffingtonPost).<\/p><\/div>\n

This exciting tale definitely displays the positives of social media and the benefits of being able to communicate more freely with popular celebrities and companies that you\u2019d likely never meet otherwise.<\/p>\n

Muthana managed to make his prom night truly unforgettable, by requesting something he probably didn\u2019t even know was possible. This just leaves everyone else kicking themselves and thinking \u201cwhy didn\u2019t I think of that first?!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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