At some point in your virtual travels around online comment boards, you may have seen someone utter the phrase, "You win the Internet."

Often a sarcastic quip, it's used as a commendation for doing something particularly well on the Web -- whether it be an amusing remark, a well-made website or an outstanding contribution.

Without derision, I would like to congratulate the president-elect: You, sir, won the Internet.

Of course, I'm not the first to notice such an achievement. Throughout his campaign, Barack Obama's crowd was lauded for its extraordinary (for a politician) use of well-designed websites and participation in social media dens, like MySpace, Facebook and Digg, to leverage an increasingly tech-savvy populace of voters.

Blogs discussed "Obama's social media advantage" -- not a huge shocker considering his opponent, Sen. John McCain, with his tortured fingers, was a self-confessed computer illiterate.

The Times Technology Blog published a post titled "Obama, the first social media president." Marketing professionals took notice, creating websites like TechPresident and Barack 2.0, to track Obama's use of social media.

Barring maybe long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul, Obama's campaign put together the most plugged-in presidential run of any candidate in history. He Twittered his heart out; he was LinkedIn; it was Eventful.

And then election day rolled around, and the flame began to Flickr.

Now, the profiles have gone dark. The houses are....