It’s pretty clear that Twitter has become more and more popular over the years. I remember when I heard about Twitter and was persuaded into creating an account. I basically just stared at the screen thinking “Now what?” Now I don’t go a day without tweeting and it goes hand-in-hand with Facebook. More and more people are tweeting, and with a purpose.
It’s pretty clear that Twitter has become more and more popular over the years. I remember when I heard about Twitter and was persuaded into creating an account. I basically just stared at the screen thinking “Now what?” Now I don’t go a day without tweeting and it goes hand-in-hand with Facebook. More and more people are tweeting, and with a purpose.
This past Wednesday night U.S. political history was made, in the most unusual way. The presidential debate in Denver this week was the most-tweeted event in American political history. The event generated 10.3 million tweets in 90 minutes, blowing out previous records set by the Democratic National Convention. It just goes to show how social media driven this country has become.
Some of the more popular events during the debate that generated the most tweets included moderator Jim Lehrer being steamrolled by Romney as he ignored Lehrer’s time limits and interjections. Romney seemed to be a popular Twitter topic altogether. There were 17,000 tweets per minute for “Big Bird.”
Personally I love it! I have always been kind of in the dark when it comes to politics, so the fact that all this political attention makes its way to Twitter, keeps people like me updated in a way I better understand.
I however, cannot help but wonder why this event of all political events or debates got the most Twitter attention. I took it upon myself to give an educated answer. The “digital native” generation is now older and most of them of the voting age. This generation is so social media driven, that they do not even realize how much of their opinions and thoughts end up on social media pages. All-in-all I am glad to see so many people talking about politics and the potential new president, no matter how they discuss it.
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