The Internet is a platform where everyone can make their voice heard, even if no one reads it, spewing out hate or praise all over the Internet can be quite gratifying.
Though Twitter is considered a microblogging site where millions of people share their "professional" opinions with the rest of the Internet. If there's ever a time during a major event when you are curious as to what the people are thinking, check Twitter and you're guaranteed to see at least one trending topic related to it. Last night's presidential election results was no different. The day began with users tweeting about voting and some even posting pictures of their ballots (which in many states is illegal), as the day wore on you came across the occasional tweet about lines being extremely long and mixed in were some tweets supporting Romney or Obama. It was hard to find any newsworthy information unless of course you followed a news account.
By the time the major networks and blogs began their election coverage, Twitter was abuzz. In fact, the results created a new record on Twitter, where users hit a peak of 327,452 tweets per minute, totaling 31 million tweets, making this presidential election results the most tweeted about event.
The point is simple, even if you are just using a microblogging site like Twitter, your voice can and will be heard. The Internet creates the opportunity for everyone to openly express their opinions and who knows that one tweet you send out may be the next big thing everyone is talking about.
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