Continuing with my example from last week, twitter has made it possible for users to continuously update thoughts and links about the election. Twitter has created one site that is aggregating all of updates. http://election.twitter.com/ Any 'tweet' that includes a presidential candidates name is being included. One can also filter updates by candidates name to see what is currently being said. Tweets range from support for candidates to rally updates.
"We’re filtering hundreds of Twitter updates per minute to create a new source for gathering public opinion about the election and a new way for you to share your thoughts."
During the debates Current TV teamed up with twitter to broadcast tweets live during the debate. Check out Current TV Tweets to see some of them. People have continued to post comments long after the debates have ended. During the debates, I followed the posts online as I watched. It was great to see the responses from others and what responses received the most comments.
The Current TV is teaming up with Twitter again for election day. They have created a site http://twittervotereport.com/ to track voting problems or polling issues. They want people to know of voting issues and allow others to track the election updates beginning at 9am on Tuesday. To hear more on the initiative, watch this video:
http://current.com/items/89476668_twitter_vote_report
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I swear on my life that I was just putting the finishing touches on a very similar post (right down to the very cool http://www.twittervotereport.com) when my Apple went up in a puff of smoke. Really - there was smoke.
Before I could get my employer-issued laptop up and running - you beat me to it. Congratulations! I am now off to search for a new example.
I swear I checked to make sure no one else had started a similar post! My apologies to you and your smoking computer.
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