With the election going
on, social media has blown up with people voicing their opinions. Facebook and
Twitter posts were consuming the web the night of the election. I personally
checked my Facebook page that evening and almost every single status I saw was
about the election. But did you know that many people took their political
views to the next level? Statistics show that 47% of Facebook users “unfriended”
someone because of the results from the election. How crazy is that?!
Unfriending someone just because they have different political views that you
do…
Have you or someone you
know, “unfriended” someone after the elections possibly because of a status or
Tweet they shared? What are your thoughts on this link between social media and
politics? In 4 years at the next presidential election, how do you see social
media coinciding with politics?
I believe Social Media will play a huge role in the next election. As technology changes constantly it will allow more users, to maybe voice their opinions by using social media to vote.
ReplyDeleteI unfriend people for the things they post. Often, I am aggravated by their lifestyles or their posts or their viewpoints. I either block them, unsubscribe or unfriend. It is rare to unfriend people for their political views...but most of my 1300 friends are conservative :)
ReplyDeleteI think that people express how they feel on social media and others who follow have disagreements and that is why people get UN-friend. I have heard people say they dropped some of their friends because all the bad mouthing that went on about both parties.
ReplyDeleteWhen people post a freaking ton of status updates that only include close minded and mean personal opinions, I don't feel bad unfriending them. I don't want stupid, mean friends anyway.
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