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The First Internet Inauguration

By Evan VanDyk

The Globe this morning described yesterday’s events in Washington as the first internet inauguration. According to the story, there was a 54% spike in internet traffic during the speech, and 8,500 people changed their Facebook status through a partnership with CNN’s website as Obama was beginning his speech.

Like many in my office, after finding a site that was not blocked by our filters, I was partly responsible for the first. I had no part in the second, but can certainly attest to its general truth as a lot of my acquaintances contributed their own spontaneous status changes.

For all of those who couldn’t make it in person, CNN has the next best thing, a 3D re-creation of the swearing-in.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on January 21, 2009 (boomark / email).