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dixiegrrrrl

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Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:53 PM Mar 2013

Facebook: 2.7 Million People Showed Support for Marriage Equality by Changing Their Profile Pics [View all]

"a ton of people changed their pics over to the Human Rights Campaign's equality sign (or some variation thereof) on Tuesday. It's impossible to get a precise number, but Facebook says that 2.7 million more U.S. Facebook users changed their profile picture that day than on the Tuesday before, a good stand-in for a null hypothesis."

map of change at link:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/facebook-27-million-people-showed-their-support-for-marriage-equality-by-changing-their-profile-pictures/274497/?utm_source=pulsenews

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