Having Created a Monster, Obama Now Has to Feed It

November 12th, 2008 by Jezza · 3 Comments

At this point it doesn’t really need saying that Barack Obama’s online campaign gave him a handy advantage over John McCain, that his social networking strategy allowed him to recruit and organize hundreds of thousands of volunteers in a state-of-the-art get-out-the-vote exercise.  His rather nifty iPhone application even went through supporters’ contacts and prioritized by [...]

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Social media and the political process

March 14th, 2008 by Jezza · 1 Comment

Greetings from San Francisco, a lunatic leftie enclave, or the sole remaining pocket of sanity in a morally bankrupt nation (depending on whether and how far you hang to the left or to the right).
The brains trust here at RMM is exploring the applicability of the now-famous KUDOS approach (have you been paying attention there [...]

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