More people use Facebook in the UK than it takes to elect a government
A bit of whimsical statistical trivia for the bank holiday weekend:
- Number of votes won by the winning party at the 2005 general election: 9.6 million (BBC)
- Number of Facebook users* in the UK: 11.2 million (TechCrunch)
That is a darn good reason to take online campaigning seriously.
* Before anyone starts threatening me with a slide-rule: yes, this does compare apples and oranges a bit since Facebook’s minimum age requirement is less than 18 and also allows people who aren’t qualified to vote to become users. However, unless there’s a very unusual skew in their user base, the broad picture still stands.
Lets make it happen:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113749985304255&ref=ts