Obama Blows up Twitter
Friday, August 29th, 2008Hey Nation….
As expected Obama’s speech rocked the political world last night. What’s so interesting is his use of the internet and SMS to mobilize supporters and non-supporters alike. Through out his campaign he has leaned on technology to separate him from the crowd. Considering his opponent doesn’t even use a computer its a great strategy to reel in the youth and get them fired up. He blew up twitter and the internet again last night.
Wired reports:
“Traffic on the micro-blogging service Twitter immediately surged in the wake of Obama’s speech, in which he officially became the first African American to win the nomination of the Democratic party.
More than 6,500 tweets poured through the service in just 20 minutes Thursday night — most of them brief, two-line assessments of Obama’s performance on a historic night, the 45th anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. (Obama is the most popular person on Twitter, according to the tracking service Twitterholics.)”
