Twitter index: Wikipedia to temporarily black out website on January 18
Free, community-edited encyclopedia Wikipedia will temporarily black out its English-language site globally on January 18 in protest against the US’s proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA).
Twitter users are encouraging students to hurry up and finish their homework before the 24-hour blackout goes into effect.
“BREAKING: English Wikipedia is going down on January 18th in protest of SOPA. You kids better copy&paste your homework now,” “English Wikipedia is going down on the 18th. So much homework is not going to be getting done,” and “Opponents of #SOPA have been vocal but with English Wikipedia going dark on January 18 the awareness is now sky high,” tweet microbloggers.
Cricket is back on the minds of microbloggers as they keep a running score of the England vs. Pakistan Test match in Dubai.
“Four down! England collapsing. [English cricket player] Ian Bell lasts all of one ball against another straight non-turner from [Pakistani cricketer Saeed] Ajmal,” recount Twitter-using cricket followers.
Microbloggers are sending happy birthday wishes to “boxing legend” Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday and keeping their followers updated with their actions as they count down the 366 days of 2012 with the term “Page 17 of 366.”
At the top of Twitter’s most talked about topics are the hashtags “#PalabrasDuranteElSexo,” “#WhenImAlone” and “#SheAFreakWhen.”
“Blue Monday” features in tenth position as microbloggers debate the merits of the pseudo-scientifically professed “saddest day of the year.”
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on January 17 at 7:30 AM GMT are:
#PalabrasDuranteElSexo (new)
#WhenImAlone (new)
#SheAFreakWhen (new)
Happy Birthday Muhammad Ali (new)
English Wikipedia (new)
Ian Bell (new)
England 42-4 (new)
Page 17 of 366 (new)
Ajmal (new)
Blue Monday (new)
