There has been an explosion of online activity surrounding President Hinckley that’s worthy of note (if not your time). Here are a few highlights:
LDS.org:
As you’d expect, the LDS.org newsroom has a new (and entire) page of links to prominent news sources that covered President Hinckley’s death - here.
The Blogosphere:
Also, did you know that according to BlogPulse, “Gordon B. Hinckley” was the third most mentioned person in the blogosphere the day after he died? Additionally, “President Hinckley” was number 7, and on the “biggest movers” list, various names for the prophet and his wife were ranked 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 14.
Social Networks:
According to Joel Dehlin, Chief Information Officer for the church, at 11:20 this morning there were 170 groups on FaceBook created in memory of President Hinckley, with 29,038 people belonging to the largest group called “In Memory of Gordon B. Hinckley.” And there are over 90,000 people subscribed to at least one of those groups. And if you haven’t seen it, there’s also a video up on YouTube where Latter Day Saint youth have shared their feelings for President Hinckley.
New Websites - Unofficial and Official
A new website “The Hinckley Challenge“, has launched in commemoration of the prophet, challenging people to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days (a day for every year of his life). Additionally, the church has launched http://www.gordonbhinckley.com/, as well as http://www.thomassmonson.com/. The MoreGood Foundation has created http://www.gordonhinckley.com/ and http://www.thomasmonson.com/.
It looks to me like the LDS community is speaking up. Good for you! … er… us.
Rusty
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