2012 saw lots of records broken in social media with Kony, becoming the biggest viral video in history, the Instagram app being sold for a whopping $1 billion (and then nearly going off the radar with a copywrite "error" in their new terms and conditions), and the biggest story of them all a Korean man called Psy shot to fame and fortune with a catchy little tune called Gangnam Style!
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12 Of The Biggest Social Media Stories Of 2012
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This info-graphic from Visually highlights 2012's biggest social media events listing one from each month of the year.
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