Yet San Francisco Mayor fears being always accessible and watched At his re-election campaign last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom found himself amid an audience of strangers, not the "usual suspects," he said. Upon asking who the new faces were, someone replied that they were his Facebook friends. His response: "What's Facebook?" That was 12 months ago. Today, Newsom has embraced it. “I'm proud to say that I have more Facebook friends than any other politician outside presidential candidates. I'm obsessed,” he said.Newsom was part of a panel on politics and the Internet on Friday, the last day of the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. He was joined by moderator John Heilemann, author and writer for New York magazine, and panelists Joe Trippi, political strategist who worked with ... [ Read more ]