Anna Hazare was Indian cyber-denizens’ most popular personality during his 12-day fast demanding the Jan Lok Pal Bill be introduced in Parliament, racing to as many as 3.64 lakh ‘likes’ on social networking site Facebook. Similarly, an account named, ‘Support Anna Hazare’s Fast Against Corruption’, on the social networking site attracted ‘likes’ from 1.45 lakh users.
On the other hand, another page, ‘I Hate Anna Hazare’, could rope in just 4,137 members. The Hazare video recorded by Kiran Bedi in the Tihar Jail compound has so far nearly 1.6 lakh views on video streaming website YouTube and was rated as the second-most viewed video of the month in the Indian news and politics category.
