Osama Bin Laden's Death Drives Rapid Facebook Posts

Osama Bin Laden's death has Facebook users sharing stories and offering opinions at a rate of several posts per second as of this writing.

News of Osama Bin Laden’s death has Facebook users sharing stories and offering opinions at a rate of several posts per second as of this writing.

The subject has become today’s most prevalent meme in status updates and wall posts. Additionally, numerous groups and pages addressing the death of the terrorist have sprung up on Facebook.

A page called Osama Bin Laden is Dead surpassed 200,000 likes within hours of President Barack Obama announcing the news of Bin Laden’s death.

In case you haven’t already seen footage of the President’s announcement on your friends’ news feeds, we’ve embedded a copy of the video below.

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