Users Share Content on #Facebook and #Twitter for Different Reasons. Facebook Fraud. The Vote: A Victory for Social Media, Too. The '08 election was a triumph for the likes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr as voters chronicled their experiences in words, photos, and video The 2008 contest for the White House may go down in history as the first social media election.
How else to explain the unprecedented role the Web played in this year's Presidential contest, an influence scarcely imaginable just four years ago? In 2004 many social networking sites were just getting off the blocks. YouTube, for example, was introduced early the following year. It's not just that individual voters had access to a wider range of information about candidates and their positions on issues. Voters' willingness to bring the democratic process to the Web was made most plain on Nov. 4. Facebook Vote Tally Many of their images recorded the unique characteristics of the 2008 election: huge numbers of young people and minorities casting ballots—some for the first time. Twitter Reminders "Is Obama nervous about Virginia? Lighter Side. Pageonce. Inside Facebook » Anger Unmanagement, Facebook Style. Picnik - edit photos the easy way, online in your browser.