ReputationDefender Blog found this timely article in the Washington Post that reveals how social networking sites are making voting a shared, online activity during this election.
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Because of online video, because of Twitter, because of Facebook updates and MySpace blogs and blogs in general, voting today becomes a collective virtual experience.
On Facebook’s Election 2008 page, users are instructed to click an “I Voted” button to let their Facebook friends know that they made it to the polls.
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Adam Segal, who lives in Maryland, told The Trail via Facebook chat: “I wonder what impact it has on people wavering on whether to vote. For people that have large extended networks of friends it could be even more powerful than the traditional “I Voted” sticker.”
It is clear that the internet has changed the way people communicate, and it looks like social networking sites are also motivating users to get out the vote. This is another example of how new technology is impacting people’s lives in the real world.
ReputationDefender encourages everyone to go vote today!
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