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Threat Level: Wikipedia Struggles With John Edwards Love-Child Rumor
july 2008 by McChris
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
june 2008 by McChris
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
may 2008 by McChris
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
may 2007 by McChris
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
march 2007 by McChris
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”?
march 2007 by McChris
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
february 2007 by McChris
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
february 2007 by McChris
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…
february 2007 by McChris
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
february 2007 by McChris
I'm impressed with Edwards' technology experiments, if not the implementation.
politics2.0
politics
SecondLife
virtual_world
february 2007 by McChris
My.BarackObama.com
february 2007 by McChris
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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