Romney Facebook App Asks You to Message Friends for His Campaign

On the morning of the third and final presidential debate, Mitt Romney's campaign has launched a new Facebook app which asks users to message friends on behalf of the campaign.

Called "Commit to Mitt," the app is designed to figure out which of a user's Facebook friends are most likely to have a big impact on Election Day, based on their location or support of Romney. It then asks users to message those friends about the Romney campaign and encourage them to vote.

The app taps into Facebook's Open Graph to determine which of a users' friends live in contentious battleground states or have already interacted with the Romney campaign's Facebook profiles.The goal is to use the socia…
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