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The Reddit effect:The social site Reddit, which allows users to generate and share news, also made a markduring the <strong>Congress</strong>. Press rele<strong>as</strong>e “Electronic cigarettes do not damage the heart” w<strong>as</strong> posted by a“trusted user” and selected on Reddit‟s scientific home page which generated over 1 100 commentson the site and over 100 000 visits to our press rele<strong>as</strong>e on Escardio.http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/ytoit/study_suggests_that_electronic_cigarettes_do_not/Live Twitter experiment:Twitter w<strong>as</strong> used extensively during Munich <strong>2012</strong> with the support of an experienced medicalwriter who tweeted from:- Hot Line sessions- Guidelines sessions- The Opening Ceremony- The General Assembly- Future targets in systolic heart failure management (Live session where she also <strong>as</strong>kedquestions during the session on Twitter)Our Twitter reporter sent approximately 320 tweets on behalf of the <strong>ESC</strong>.The communication department also sent over 150 tweets (news, press rele<strong>as</strong>es, reports, videos…).Over 1 500 tweets were sent using the official h<strong>as</strong>htag #esc<strong>2012</strong>.A few examples of social media posting:49

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