Comments on: 2006 Senate Blog Review…the Sequel

By: How Well Networked are Political Campaign Blogs? « Blog Campaigning

How Well Networked are Political Campaign Blogs? « Blog Campaigning — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:16:05 +0000

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Campaign Study on PBS MediaShift » The Bivings Report — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:26:36 +0000

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By: Most Web 2.0 Politicians » The Bivings Report

Most Web 2.0 Politicians » The Bivings Report — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:23:30 +0000

[...] On the Democrat side, I’d have to go with Utah Senate candidate Pete Ashdown. Not only does Ashdown blog and podcast himself, he actually took the time to personally comment on our blog here. Ashdown also has a wiki that he uses to collect feedback on issues and campaign tactics from supporters. [...]

By: My Name is Kate

My Name is Kate — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:46:12 +0000

Social Media and Elections … what’s happening after the campaign…

With this being an election year in the US and the Canadian parliament always seemingly on the verge of an election, there have been a number of posts and reports recently on the use of social media and elections. Boyd…

By: Todd Zeigler

Todd Zeigler — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:28:26 +0000

Pete,

We updated our entry to acknowledge your objection.

If you are having spam problems in Wordpress, I’d suggest the Akismet plugin (http://akismet.com/). Our spam problem here has been reduced dramatically since it was installed.

Thanks for you comment.

Todd

By: Pete Ashdown

Pete Ashdown — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:14:45 +0000

I’m sorry, I don’t know what your methodology in testing was, but I allow all comments through excepting spam. Once you have a single comment approved in WordPress, then all your comments are automatically approved after that point.

The only reason I do it this way is spam. I would rather have a spam-free blog that requires approval on your first comment that a blog that is rendered useless by spam. Believe me, the blog-spam problem is constant in spite of WordPress tools to stop it.

There are contradictory comments on my blogs about Net Neutrality, the Torture Amendment, and the INDUCE act. Please take some time to read all the comments before passing summary judgement.

Unfortunately, I had to take the same action on my Wiki after spending several hours battling right wing vandals. However, I have not hesitated to use every tool at my disposal to make my senate campaign interactive and transparent.