World Cup final sets records on social media

PARIS (AFP):   Germany’s nail-biting victory over Argentina in the World Cup final entered the record books on social media giants Twitter and Facebook. Sunday’s match generated a record number of tweets a minute as the final whistle went, Twitter said Monday. A total of 618,725 tweets a minute were registered after Germany scored the winning goal in extra time to defeat Argentina 1-0, the social network said. That beat the 580,000 tweets a minute generated during host Brazil’s humiliating 7-1 thrashing at the hands of Germany last week.

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