In the 21st century, "My Captain" has continued to be quoted often, including on social media. After Robin Williams' suicide in 2014, the hashtag "#ocaptainmycaptain" began trending on Twitter and fans paid tribute to Williams by recreating the "O Captain! My Captain!" scene. Luke Buckmaster, a film critic, wrote in The Guardian that "some people, maybe even most people, now associate Whitman's verse first and foremost with a movie rather than a poem". The title of the poem was also often quoted on Twitter as US President Barack Obama left office and the office transitioned to Donald Trump.