Twitter is becoming a popular platform to share updates, troll people and have some enjoyable moments. Forget common people; even celebs, sportspersons and politicians are quite active on this social media platform. Be it a sad or a happy moment of their life, they never forget to share it with their fans.
Considering the growing activity, Twitter has come up with a #YearOnTwitter (#YOT) 2016 India, in which the most influential tweets of the year were declared. You’ll be super-happy to know whose tweet is selected as the “Golden Tweet” of year 2016. Have a look
#YearOnTwitter This is the Golden Tweet (or most Retweeted Tweet) for #India in 2016. https://t.co/yTxQZOPu9A #HeForShe #ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/C6y1xay43U
— X India (@XCorpIndia) December 6, 2016
Well, it is none other than our favorite superstar Kohli. Aren’t you curious to know which tweet of his is selected? Remember, Kohli had tweeted in support of Anushka Sharma once? The same tweet has been selected; if you can’t recollect let’s have a look..
Shame on people for trolling @AnushkaSharma non-stop. Have some compassion. She has always only given me positivity pic.twitter.com/OBIMA2EZKu
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 28, 2016
This was indeed the most re-tweeted tweet of the year and has given their fans a new reason to celebrate. He had slammed all those who had trolled Anushka and this was retweeted over 39,000 times and liked by 1,07,117 users.
The Managing Director of Twitter India, Maya Hari stated that,
“Twitter is a reflection of conversations in India. There are good conversations and other conversations that happen. What was amazing to see is that Virat Kohli stood out as a great role model on Twitter in India standing up for a woman and the safety and defense of her on the platform.”
There were reports that Kohli and Anushka had broken up because the actress wasn’t interested on marrying anytime soon. When Virat won ICC World T20, everyone linked it to his break up with Anushka. However, Kohli had shut everyone’s mouth once and for all with this tweet.
This might be a great moment for Kohli, as he beat PM Modi too. Yes, Narendra Modi’s tweet on demonetization couldn’t fetch the “Golden tweet” of the year, but he definitely made it to the list of top 10 trending tweets on Twitter and stood 1st.
Have a look at the tweet…
Today’s announcements will give greater strength to fight corruption, black money, terror & counterfeit currency. #IndiaFightsCorruption pic.twitter.com/TwxHL0YlL9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 8, 2016
Look at top 10 influential and trending tweets declared by Twitter India
#YearOnTwitter Which Indian conversations rocked the world? See the most influential moments on Twitter in #India in 2016. #ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/ZJnvbm8z3E
— X India (@XCorpIndia) December 6, 2016
People are still dealing with the effects of this move. He announced this on 8th of November and within 24 hours, there were around 650,000 tweets on the platform! This is BIG number…
Virat’s post was instrumental in changing the mindset of people about Anushka.
