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7 commentsFriday, September 26, 2008

Twitter Election Site Highlights New Media's Relevancy

Blogs and Social Media Contribute to Elections

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By Matt (WPN reader) - Fri, 11/07/2008 - 15:28

Tropicana

Also check out this new Twitter tracker called Fresh Squeezed Tweets- http://anorangeamerica.com/
We rolled this out for Tropicana just as the polls opened on election morning at New Media Strategies.
It pulls Tweets in real time, crunches the numbers and displays the connections between conversations with some pretty cool graphics. Election may be over, but its got some fascinating stuff there to look at, especially now. Give it a look...

By tmobil8 (WPN reader) - Sun, 09/28/2008 - 11:20

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Thanks for the updates, greetings Thomas here just letting you know that there is another way of to intergrate your twitter to make it work for you ,would be to http://tweetmyblog.com/?rid=3719

By International SEO (WPN reader) - Sun, 09/28/2008 - 11:19

That was expected!

I think this was expected, given the high traffic Twitter has in terms of conversation regarding the elections. One smart way of capitalizing their property. Even though expansion is good, I hope they took the time to also improve the rest of the system

By iBuild™ Branding (WPN reader) - Sun, 09/28/2008 - 09:30

Finally, REAL News for REAL People...

That might seem like an odd comment considering many folks still don't count social media as a viable news source. But I'm LOVING it. We've been too long only depending on traditional, mainstream media which we all know is twisted and warped by Big Business and the Government. Now the little folks like us actually have a way to speak out and provide up-to-date news.

I was able to watch Friday night's debate via live, online streaming and keep up with tweets at the same time. Several well-known sources we're giving minute-by-minute updates for those who maybe couldn't watch. Then a flood of different opinions came in afterwards. I've never seen Main St. America roar so loud, but it's a great thing! At least this time (unlike with both of George Bush's campaigns), I feel more like I'm getting the real stuff from every angle than the dressed-up stuff from sources that have something to gain financially, if you know what I mean.

Kudos to Twitter, Digg and the rest for giving the people what they want. If only you guys were our government...

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 09/28/2008 - 09:19