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Pride and Participation: Election Day Exhibitionism Thrives
techPresident —
... As unprecedented early voting numbers came in, new Twitter applications took hold, like TwitVote, prompting voters to proclaim their allegiance through tweets as in "I just voted for Obama in #TwitVote." On election day, those with blogs put up stickers saying "I Voted," and some put "I Voted" stickers on facebook pages as well as replacing avatars. The discussion turned away from the candidates toward democracy. ...
The Obama Campaign’s Revolution in Using Technology
Pajamas Media —
... responded: “I want to compliment you on what you did to inspire us and challenge us. Your use of the Internet fund-raising in your presidential campaign, what you did there, the social networking that your team has done.” This is a fundamentally different perspective of what the Internet is for— forming a social network or raising money. But these views don’t necessarily tell us much about technology. The Democrat’s vision of community dominated in a quantitative sense. Using TwitVote as a proxy, that community broke 6-1 for Barack Obama, explained in part by Wired ...
The Case Against Blogs and Twitter
The Next Right —
... , it's very doubtful that the media can write the story about the left leading online on Twitter. Though Twitter users went about 86% for Obama -- this is an accurate measure of tech industry and non-political Twitter users -- political Twitter users probably lean right thanks to #TCOT. ...
The Case Against Blogs & Twitter
Patrick Ruffini —
... , it’s very doubtful that the media can write the story about the left leading online on Twitter. Though Twitter users went about 86% for Obama — this is an accurate measure of tech industry and non-political Twitter users — political Twitter users probably lean right thanks to #TCOT. ...
