#OccupyWallSt, #OWS or #Occupy? Over 100K Different Hashtags Used In Occupy Protests
Twitter has announced that the Occupy Wall Street protesters have created over 100,000 different hashtags related to the cause.
Taking to Twitter in a four-part tweet, @TwitterComms announced some interesting Occupy Wall Street stats on Friday.
Among them is the fact that protesters have created more than 100,000 different hashtags about the movement, many of which contain the name of the separate cities that have joined New York as a site for the occupiers.
The most popular Occupy-related hashtags include:
- #occupywallstreet
- #ows
- #occupywallst
- #occupy
- #occupyboston
- #takewallstreet
- #p2
- #nypd
Twitter has been criticized in the past of censoring popular hashtags and keywords from reaching the Trending Topic list, a criticism that was especially loud during WikiLeaks’
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