2.7 Million Facebook Users Changed Profile Picture To Red Equals Sign. Facebook users were riled up about marriage equality this week.
Untold numbers of people changed their Facebook profile picture last week to that of an red equals sign , inspired by an effort by the Human Rights Campaign to raise awareness that the Supreme Court was hearing arguments in two cases about the constitutionality of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. These cases would determine the fate of gay marriage in the United States and it sparked significant online activism But now the numbers are in of how many people on Facebook were riled up and they are overwhelming.
According to Facebook , approximately 2.7 million people changed their profile picture to be a red equals sign. The highest rates of participation were in college towns, peaking in Washentaw County, Michigan, which includes the University of Michigan, where over 6% of Facebook users changed their profile pictures. Obviously, this social media campaign will have no effect on the Supreme Court. WWII's Kilroy Was Here , The inside info on how the legend started. The Latest 27 Social Media Facts, Figures and Statistics for 2012 - Infographic. Since I first joined Facebook over four years ago the social media landscape has continued to evolve at a rapid pace.
It also has become more fun with the addition of Instagram and Pinterest. What I like to see is that the big boys are not having it all their own way. Google thought Facebook was just a fad that would go away. For a while there Twitter looked like it would be a super nova that exploded with growth and then fade into oblivion. Enditmovement: Wow. END IT lit up Times Square... Our Team - Marketing Semiotics. Director Laura is founder and director of Marketing Semiotics Inc.
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Some 60% of American adults use either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter and a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that 66% of those social media users—or 39% of all American adults—have done at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media. Overall, there are mixed partisan and ideological patterns among social media users when it comes to using social media like social networking sites and Twitter. The social media users who talk about politics on a regular basis are the most likely to use social media for civic or political purposes. END IT : Shine a Light on Slavery.