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I heard it from a Porn Star! News of Osama dominates Social Media

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President Obama Twitter Word Map

A Twitter word map of the iconic President Obama portrait. Created by Jeff Clark

On May 1, Sunday night, President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by a strategic U.S. strike. This news hit the Internet faster than you can believe. It was all over Twitter and Facebook within seconds of the world wide announcement.

Cries of happiness, support, jubilation, horror, anger, and upset were heard as far and as fast as fingers could tweet. Some people just spread the news, others commented on how the world is a better place without him, some were horrified that people were celebrating a man’s death. No matter how you felt about the announcement, social media was giving a world-wide voice to the news and the range of emotions that followed it.

In fact, the questions  “where were you when you heard…” and “how did you hear?” are already being asked all over the net. Mashable immediately launched a “How did you hear about Bin Laden’s death?” poll.

Want to know how I heard? On Twitter from a porn star!

It is true.  It goes to show that Adult stars participate in world events, just like the rest of us. Right now I feel like I am doing a “See, they [fill in space with mundane activity] like the rest of us” bit from the trash magazines like US Weekly. But it is true.  The Adult Industry participates in major world events and social media trends like the rest of us.  So read how the announcement spread across the social webs and know that the Adult world contributed!

The new spread like wildfire throughout the online world.

President Obama’s announcement was streamed live by the White House, and by the end of the speech tweets reached more than 4000 tweets per second.

Within minutes, someone created an “Osama Bin Laden is DEAD” Facebook fan page and within a couple hours of its creation it had gone viral, with more than a quarter of a million fans.

The hashtag #Osama was trending and occupying 18% of Twitter chatter.

On Foursquare, people started swarming at Ground Zero, and for those of you who don’t know what swarming is, it is when a lot of people (usually more than 10) check into a location at the same time.

Locations on Foursquare were being created called “Osama is dead” and “Osama bin Gonathon” allowing people to check in to a world that did not have Osama Bin Laden in it.

This was a monumental event. Because the world community is online, we are able to experience this momentous occasion together. The voices being shared across the various social networks have created a world unified through a historical event and the solidarity of a true global community.

“[T]onight, we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it’s the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place.

Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. May God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.”

– President Obama