Canadian Facebook Postings Surge After Polls Close
The moment the last of the polls closed, Canadians began posting political rants, almost overcompensating for the nation's ban on social media posts while the votes were still coming in.
The moment the last of the polls closed, Canadians began posting rants about the outcome, almost overcompensating for the nation’s ban on social media posts while the votes were still coming in.
The letting out of pent-up desire to post makes more sense when you compare how Facebookers in the U.S. — and other countries besides Canada — have posted their votes on the social network.
While Elections Canada’s ban on individuals Facebooking and Tweeting results ahead of the polls closure seems to have worked — people kept things off social media and more western Canadians made it to the polls — but an early leak came from the Canadian Broadcasting Company, of all places.
You’d think that CBC would have known better, but now the newscaster will have to pay a hefty fine.
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