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Cyber Citizens Celebrate Obama Victory Online

by Lee Bains on November 6, 2008 at 10:40 AM



While folks danced in the streets late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning in celebration of President-Elect Barack Obama's win, pulses danced -- just as vivaciously -- through Ethernet cables across the country, as USA Today details.

Videos of celebrants, Facebook notes, MySpace bulletins, Twitters and blogs all kept the party going, while many plugged-in McCain supporters lamented the election's outcome and stoically hoped for Obama's success in his presidency. The tech-savvy President-Elect himself (already known to gamers everywhere), sent out an e-mail thanking supporters just moments before taking the stage for his acceptance speech.

The digital revelry wasn't quite as inclusive as the real thing, though. While Chicago's Grant Park teemed with ecstatic voters, President-Elect Obama's Second Life headquarters had to turn away would-be revelers, due to its being full to maximum capacity. Apparently, the Second Life Fire Marshall is a real stickler. [From: USA Today]

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