McChris + politics2.0   11

Threat Level: Wikipedia Struggles With John Edwards Love-Child Rumor
Wikipedia editors do not consider The National Enquirer a sufficiently reliable source for article information, at least on controversial issues. Conservatives are crying foul after allegations about the politician were spiked from the article.
wikipedia  politics  politics2.0 
july 2008 by McChris
NYTimes: The Wiki-Way to the Nomination
I missed this article from last week that uses wiki publishing as a metaphor for much of the cultural production surrounding the Obama campaign.
wiki  Web2.0  politics2.0  elections 
june 2008 by McChris
Threat Level: Democrats Launch McCainpedia, An Attack Site Masquerading As A Wiki
I don't really understand why people object to the DNC restricting write access to a wiki used for internal research.
wiki  politics2.0  elections 
may 2008 by McChris
techPresident: The Battle to Control Obama's Myspace
I'm late posting this excellent account of how the Obama campaign wrestled control of a MySpace profile from a committed volunteer.
politics2.0  politics  UGC  myspace 
may 2007 by McChris
John Edwards: Social Networking
Good gravy, this list reveals many of the yasns where John Edwards has a presence, but it doesn't even list Twitter.
list  yasns  politics2.0 
march 2007 by McChris
Who are Second Life’s “Patriotic Nigras”?
This interview with one of the trolls who vandalized John Edwards' Second LIfe space provides some insight into griefer culture.
politics2.0  interview  SecondLife 
march 2007 by McChris
Eyeteeth: Campaign 2.0: Obama's Social Network
Interesting design critique of barackobama.com argues that the site is free of Web 2.0 design cliches. Are you kidding? His logo has multiple gradients and strays too close to goatse territory.
politics2.0  Web2.0  design 
february 2007 by McChris
Alternet: Howard Dean 2.0: Obama Engages Youth on the Web
I'm not sure I understand Obama's youth following – if it's for real.
politics2.0  youth  yasns 
february 2007 by McChris
Overstated: The price of using social media for politics…
Cameron Marlowe takes a screen shot of a Barack Obama promotional page that features an ad with some major cleavage.
politics2.0  advertising  gender  awesome 
february 2007 by McChris
techPresident: John Edwards Unofficially Enters Second Life
I'm impressed with Edwards' technology experiments, if not the implementation.
politics2.0  politics  SecondLife  virtual_world 
february 2007 by McChris
My.BarackObama.com
The presidential contender has added a social networking feature to his campaign site. I'm not sure people want to fill out another profile and forget their password.
yasns  politics  Web2.0  politics2.0 
february 2007 by McChris

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