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The US president, Barack Obama, will turn to Tumblr in his attempts to secure a second term in 2012, following the successful use of other social networking tools in his 2008 rise to power.</div>
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Obama famously used Twitter and Facebook in 2008, and will now look to another blogging platform in Tumblr to boost his popularity with an increasingly tech obsessed and connected nation.</div>
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Using the http://barackobama.tumblr.com/ address, Obama's team are already sending out messages, the first encouraging people to join in and add their own stories during the campaign.</div>
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"There will be trolls among you: this we know.We ask only that you remember that we're people—fairly nice ones—and that your mother would want you to be polite," concludes the post.</div>
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It seems likely that there will also be a Google+ account, although a seemingly official account was deleted from Google+ back in July despite appearing on search engine results even now.</div>
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British politicians are also embracing social media as they look to reach out to voters, although the now quickly fading and much mocked Digital Economy Act perhaps suggests that – with some notable exceptions - understanding of the modern digital world is not at its most complete in the Houses of Parliament.</div>
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Obama to use Tumblr in 2012 campaign

The US president, Barack Obama, will turn to Tumblr in his attempts to secure a second term in 2012, following the successful use of o...