I was asked to write an analysis for today’s Scotland on Sunday summing up the influence of the UK General Election on social media: had the election stimulated more of us to tweet, blog and Facebook, or was the election just one more in the procession of endless trending hashtags to amuse those of us already connected? Pat Kane had his own “snap” moment on reading his Sunday Herald piece alongside my own: the elections have certainly been a win for television but not really for the common (connected) (wo)man in the street. Here’s my full, unedited and linked up…

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