Are there any means - perhaps with an analytic tool that might provide information on the original source of a viral outbreak on Facebook or other social media mediums?
Nope, there is no way to pinpoint the exact share that began the viral sharing on HP. If it is your own site and you use the AddThis sharing code you can see the origin of the traffic that shared your work, but again finding the exact one that went viral is impossible I would think.
I'm thinking it may have started via Pinterest and then eventually to Facebook. I've been getting a lot of this lately, and sadly where most of my traffic is now coming from in lieu of google's recent play with updates although traffic there is gradually catching on again. Thanks for the answer and appreciated
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