Editing 1876: Eclipse Searches

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| number    = 1876
| date      = August 14, 2017
| title     = Eclipse Searches
| image     = eclipse_searches.png
| titletext = There were traffic jams for the eclipses in 1970 and 1979, and that was *before* we had the potential for overnight viral social media frenzies.
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==Explanation==
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Since the eclipse searches are outpacing the 2016 election searches now, this is saying the eclipse popularity is going to rocket upwards just before the eclipse. Cueball is warned that the extreme amount of social media interest in the eclipse may lead to massive traffic jams as eclipse-viewers post their content. The title text predicts this will be worse than the traffic jams caused by previous eclipses, as we did not have viral social media in the 1970s.

The "cool map" is hosted by ''The Washington Post'' and sourced from Google Trends data. The link is: [http://wapo.st/2vkgIBv here], an archived version is available [https://web.archive.org/web/20170814171105/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/01/the-path-of-the-solar-eclipse-is-already-altering-real-world-behavior/ here]

==Transcript==
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