Over the last week, many Facebook users have shown support for marriage equality as two high-profile cases get underway at the US Supreme Court. They've done so in a simple yet instantly noticeable way; by substituting their usual profile photo for a pink-on-red equal sign designed by the Human Rights Campaign. By now many of you have likely seen the symbol dominating your News Feed, and Facebook is chiming in with some hard numbers on just how widespread the movement has become. Facebook says that on March 26th, roughly 2.7 million more people updated their profile photo compared with the week prior — an increase of 120 percent. Matching that up with estimates on Facebook's user base in the US (somewhere between 160 million and 180M)...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/29/4161510/facebook-marriage-equality-movement-pink-equal-sign
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