Can't Ignore the Drama

YouTube - University of Florida student Tasered at Kerry forum



I decided that I just could not ignore the news that is going on in real life - a student gets tasered for being overly outspoken at a John Kerry event on the campus at the University of Florida.

Looking at it with social media in mind, it is truly incredible. Instantly, the Youtube video was posted by the Gainesville Sun, and in 4 days it's been viewed over 1.5 million times. It has 20,751 comments on Youtube. There are 70 video responses. It's a national media blockbuster on news channels.

My personal opinion is... well, I don't want to give people too many reasons to dislike me...

Going back to the 1.5 million views in 4 days... That's 375,000 views/day. That's about 15,625 views/hour. That's about 260 views/minute. And that's just with the 1 video from Gainesville Sun - I'm not even thinking of all the copies that are floating around the internet.

Since the video is about 6 minutes long, one could say that at any single moment over the past 4 days, 1,562 people have been watching the video from the Gainesville Sun simultaneously.