Wow between this and the Kony 2012 debacle we can really see what an effect certain topics have on the internet.
The Obama Effect: There Were 1.6 Million Tweets About Gay Marriage Yesterday
The first chart shows the rate of gay-marriage tweets per minute yesterday, which peaked at more than 7,000, just four minutes after the president’s own tweet.The second shows the quantity of tweets referencing gay marriage since Obama’s inauguration. As you can see, yesterday the volume spiked, topping out around 1.6 million tweets, breaking the previous record from the night New York legalized gay marriage (which was, it should be noted, late at night on a Friday).
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(via journo-geekery)
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OMG I AM TOTALLY SHOCKED BY THIS! /sarcasm
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The Obama Effect: There Were 1.6 Million Tweets About Gay Marriage Yesterday
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