Saturday, September 20, 2008

Day 2 Observation (9/20/08)

I still really cannot believe how many posts there are in the Presidential Election group! There is a post every few minutes, and at all times of the day. I thought maybe this would be differnet because yesterday was Friday and today is the weekend, and I just figured more people would be out doing outside activities and not posting online, but I guess that is not true!

Again, like yesterday, there is a wide array of things people are talking about. People are discussing Obama's religion, and discussing whether or not he is or is not a Muslim. Other people seemed angry that the press went and attacked Palin's family. And of course, the war is being talked about. People were saying how they believe McCain will keep us in war for too long.

I noticed that a lot of people write informally. Many use CAPITAL LETTERS like these to get their point across. Maybe they are just using that because its easier to use than italics. But it kind of annoys me because some people do it for practically every other word. And it also just makes them seem like they are being more pushy about their opinion then is necessary. Other people use symbols to get attention, for example, put $$$$$ instead of money. That doesn't seem to happen as much though.

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