The year in 140 characters

2016 brought with apart from the usual distastefulness and expansive desolation

Dhruv Munjal  |  New Delhi  December 30, 2016 Last Updated at 23:10 IST

Twitter’s propensity for caustic jibes and sardonic criticism has seen it painfully fall behind in the endearment stakes for a few years now, but 2016 brought with — apart from the usual distastefulness — expansive desolation. #RIP, #Brexit and #Trump made Twitter a pretty distressing place in 2016. Add to that the unfortunate killing of black people in America and the grisly happenings in Aleppo, and you were handed a tumultuous dose of social media that seldom made for pleasant viewing.   The year was welcomed with gasping awes and unrestrained glee at the sight ...

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The year in 140 characters