Halloween and social media could be a match made in heaven. Social media can be a perfect match for almost any activity, but it can really pump up Halloween spirit. Lots of people, including myself, care more about Halloween than their own birthdays and spend crazy amounts of time planning their costumes. It’s tough when you have all this Halloween spirit and your friends and family don’t appreciate the holiday as much as you do.

But have no fear, Halloween fanatics! Social media has embraced the fun and festive holiday as it has so many things, from fashion to sports. We can stop trying to get our friends to care more about Halloween and take to social media to find each other! Here are some ways social media has celebrated Halloween:

• Social media and tech themed Jack-o-lanterns – In the past few years, traditional Jack-o-lanterns have gone out of style. People get more creative with their carving, and some awesome social media-themed pumpkins are the result. Some popular ideas have been the Android logo, the Twitter Fail Whale, and Angry Birds. This year, Mashable is even having a contest for the best social media/tech Jack-o-lantern! The prize is a bunch of Mashable swag, making me wish I had better carving skills.
• “Liking” Halloween costumes on Facebook – For the first year, costume websites such as HalloweenCostumes.com are encouraging customers to “like” costumes on their sites. Doing so can shout to all your Facebook friends “I found this costume first, so no one copy me!” Clicking “Like” for lots of costumes can give your Facebook friends ideas for their own costumes, too. Personally, I wouldn’t share a picture of my costume with anyone before the big night!
• Trending costumes - People are also dressing up as popular social media icons, as well as actual social media platforms! It’s pretty popular to cut a square into a big piece of cardboard and go as your Facebook profile. People also dress up as popular memes and personalities. You can go as “duh-winning” by dressing up as Charlie Sheen, or as a Rickroll. Take a look at these 15 costume ideas inspired by memes and social media.
• Chat with author of Goosebumps - R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series, will be hosting a 2-hour live chat on Scholastic’s Facebook and Twitter accounts on Friday, October 28. He will be offering followers jokes, trivia, and Halloween ideas, as well as answering questions asked by followers.