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How Political Should You Get on Facebook?

As the Nov. 6 election nears, political discussion is getting heated. How much do you share of your political opinions with your Facebook friends?

 

Maybe you're a die-hard Democrat, and you think Barack Obama wiped the floor with Mitt Romney in the presidential debate Tuesday.

Or maybe you're a staunch Republican, and you believe Mitt Romney was on top of his game.

Do you share these opinions with your Facebook friends?    

Maybe you shouldn't, suggests a recent article on Boston.com. People of all political leanings said they're learning too much about their friends' and relatives' attitudes.

The article is informed by data from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

The study found that 18 percent of Facebook users have blocked, unfriended, or hidden a friend because of political differences or a distaste for the sheer volume of the friend's political posts.

Where do you stand on sharing your political or personal beliefs on Facebook? How much is too much? Tell us in the comments.

Don Charles October 20, 2012 at 01:44 pm
I believe we have to have our political feeling known. In the case of this election too many people are just listening to or reading the spin. We need informed voters and that we don't have.
The state of Ct is a good example for years we have had Democratic control and they just keep voting in the Democrats and the state just keeps going down and down The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. That is what the voters of Ct keep doing.

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