Intersection of Politics and Internet Continuing to Grow

According to a recently released survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 55% of the adult population are now what Pew classifies as “online political users,” or, people who go online to either get information about politics, or to get involved in the political process. When taking a look at the demographics of this group, several key things jump out:

1. Online political users are not overwhelmingly young.  While online political users do skew younger than the general adult population, it is not a group dominated by young people. 

Twitter Revamps Followers and Following Pages

Twitter has just rolled out an update to the pages where you browse the list of people you’re following and those following you. These pages – which you get to by clicking the following/follower counts on any user profile – now come with a whole lot more information about other Twitter users.

For example, on the page listing your followers, Twitter now shows a check mark of the people you follow back. There’s also a pull-down menu that includes options for direct messaging them, sending them an @ mention, following them (if you’re not already doing so), or blocking them.

And, in case you missed it - here's a link to a video of Todd Herman's talk at Personal Democracy Forum yesterday (Thanks to Alexis Matsui @Bivings) --

VIDEO: Todd Herman Discusses the Next Steps in Web Development

Later this evening, I'll be writing a post on the RNC online team's plans for the future of the party on the Internet and how you can get involved.

Something to look forward to.