Social Media Midterm Election Coverage Plays Big - LATimes

Social media midterm election coverage plays big
Andrew Malcolm - LATimes
November 2, 2010 | 11:11 am

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Twitter, Facebook, Google and Foursquare all did their bit for democracy Tuesday with election-themed widgets and services appearing on their pages.

Facebook featured an online vote counter, which appears at the top of a user’s feed and allows users to click to say they voted, which earns them an “I voted” badge they can use a profile picture.

As of 11 a.m. PDT, the counter had been clicked more than 4 million times. It also includes a link to a Google-driven polling-center locator service. Facebook’s U.S. politics page featured the widget prominently alongside updates from politicians’ feeds.

Twitter, meanwhile, urged tweeters to use the #votereport hashtag to document their polling place experiences, which then will be collated at TwitterVoteReport.com (which also features Google-powered maps). Foursquare launched “I Voted” badges for users who check in at a polling center.

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Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/11/social-media-midterm-election.html

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Except the adorable pictures of my grand-nieces.

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