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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Checking the Status of Social Media in Northfield

How does Northfield stack up on the Internet?

There’s no question that social media has changed the way the world communicates. Why converse when you can tweet, "like" something or comment? Facebook has more than 500 million active users who spend more than 700 billion minutes a month on the site, according to Social2B. More than 200 million active users access Facebook through mobile devices. As for Twitter, there are 200 million Twitter users and 95 million tweets are written each day. President Barack Obama, Gov. Mark Dayton and many other politicians use social networking sites to keep their constituents in the loop. Many departments from the State of Minnesota use social media to inform residents of road closures, accidents and other pertinent information. But have Twitter, …

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Corey Butler Jr.

10:03 am on Friday, December 16, 2011

Thanks for the reply and links, Griff.   more ›

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