10 posts and columns on election 2012

Dan Stands Alone

Election night television, it seems, hasn’t changed much in the past four years — the same guys in the same bad suits, pointing at maps, reading wire updates, and trying not to screw up. The biggest difference, I noticed, is how the main tool I really used was Twitter.

– Dan Frommer

On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills the Great White Fail Whale

in Social on November 7, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Despite a torrent of tweets from across the globe, Twitter engineering managed to keep the site’s head above water.
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RIP, Fail Whale.

RIP, Fail Whale.

– Twitter Creative Director Doug Bowman, as Twitter’s engineering team held up under a massive 300,000+ tweets-per-minute server load on election night 2012

And We Can Now Call the Election for … “The Daily Show”

in Media on November 6, 2012 at 8:23 pm PT

With an iPad strapped to each arm, correspondent John Oliver reads an “actual tweet” from an “actual voter” before calling the election for Romney.
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So, Mitt Romney Doesn’t Think the iPad Is Just a Consumption Device, Either

in Mobile on November 6, 2012 at 4:17 pm PT

Various media outlets say the Republican presidential candidate has been typing a 1,100-word speech on his iPad.
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Twitter Partners With Topsy to Launch Election Index, a Political Barometer for the Social Masses

in Social on August 1, 2012 at 9:59 am PT

Twitter’s new tool could help campaigns gauge the general temperament of the electorate.
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