This past week was a high water mark for usage of social media (for people in flooded areas, no pun intended!). In addition to YouTube videos of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, many voters took Instagram pictures of their completed ballot from directly inside the booth. People of all political persuasions had some heated debates on Facebook and Twitter. According to a tweet from Twitter’s verified Government & Politics team, Election Day was the most tweeted about event in US political history with 20 million tweets.  Read more... (565 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)