DAE think that the recent popularity of memes on Facebook has a lot to do with the SOPA/PIPA blackouts on Jan 18th?

The SOPA/PIPA blackouts by reddit, wikepedia, imgur, and other sites on January 18th generated a lot of media attention. I think that people visiting these sites afterward, many of them discovering memes for the first time, are the primary reason for what we're dealing with on Facebook now. Do you agree/disagree?