PokemonGo to Rio2016: The top five social media trends in 2016

1. PokemonGo to Rio2016: The top five social media trends in 2016 A selection of events that played out big on social media in the year 2016 The year 2016 is nearly over and, like previous years, this one also saw some good, some bad and some strange stuff on social media. #Demonetisation If you thought #Brexit was a prank that went too far, wait till you hear about this one! It was November 8, 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on national television that the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would cease to be legal tender from midnight and the people of India would have 50 days in which to exchange or deposit these notes in banks. A stunned India has since been standing in queues at banks and ATMs, as the two demonetised currency denominations accounted for 86 per cent of the total cash in circulation in the county of 1.3 billion people. There is hardly any Indian who has not been affected by this decision and the topic has caught the fancy of social media users in one way or the other. As far as shelf lives of an event goes, #demonetisation or #noteban is right up there with #GeneralElections

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