Comments on: John Edwards is on 24 social networking sites

By: » Once again, political celebrity over political strategy Via Marketing Conversation - New Marketing and Social Media by Abraham Harrison LLC

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:24:04 +0000

[...] wife “get it,” …What you won’t see: any discussion of social networking outreach, which the Edwards campaign embraced early on, or on the relative effectivess of Edwards’s videos compared with the Clinton Sopranos spoof and [...]

By: The Life Cycle of Social Media Hype » The Bivings Report

The Life Cycle of Social Media Hype » The Bivings Report — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:35:40 +0000

[...] Not every company needs a presence on second life and not every politician needs a presence on 24 social networks. [...]

By: e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Adam Nagourney’s Joe Trippi/John Edwards Puff Piece

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:04:41 +0000

[...] you won’t see: any discussion of social networking outreach, which the Edwards campaign embraced early on, or on the relative effectivess of Edwards’s videos compared with the Clinton Sopranos spoof [...]

By: John Edwards and Peanut Butter » The Bivings Report

John Edwards and Peanut Butter » The Bivings Report — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:01:13 +0000

[...] So let me repeat that I think 24 is way too many sites for a campaign to maintain a presence on. I don’t think it is good strategy. [...]

By: Mylermedia » Politics and the Internet: Then and Now

Mylermedia » Politics and the Internet: Then and Now — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:50:49 +0000

[...] Check out this article by Tom Zeigler on The Bivings Report: John Edwards is on 24 social networking sites. Herein, they list all the “social networks” the Edward’s campaign has an official account with. Including: 43Things, del.icio.us, essembly, facebook, flickr, gather, myspace, partybuilder, youtube, orkut, ning, metacafe, revver, yahoo! 360°, blip.tv, CHBN, vSocial, tagworld, collectivex, bebo, care2, hi5, xanga, and livejournal. [...]

By: the david all group | Blog Archive » Twenty-Four reasons to visit JohnEdwards.com today.:: websites, online marketing, political strategy, republican

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:52:30 +0000

[...] Joshua Levy reminded me about something which I wanted to address: Patrick Ruffini calls John Edwards’ site a “mess,” in part because, as Todd Ziegler notes, there are icons for and links to 24 social news/social networking sites. “I get it. The Edwards campaign is really into the whole Web 2.0 thing. Message delivered. I understand the power of these networks. I do. But 24 accounts? This just strikes me as sort of ridiculous,” Ziegler says. [...]

By: Patrick Ruffini :: JohnEdwards.com Is a Mess

Patrick Ruffini :: JohnEdwards.com Is a Mess — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:19:49 +0000

[...] Todd Zeigler writes: Upon close inspection it turns out that the Edwards’ campaign is maintaining a presence on an astounding 24 social news/networking sites. Wow. [...]

By: m

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:36:01 +0000

I can’t imagine how maintaining profiles on this many sites is worth the staff time involved. But hey, maybe the secret to winning 2008 lies in a 43 Things profile…

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:20:26 +0000

I was just thinking about all the social networking sites I belong to — facebook, Gather, LinkedIn, and a few others like del.icio.us and flickr. While each of the three specific sites fills a niche (socializing, writing, & professional networking respectively), I’m beginning to wonder if I want to have heaps of usernames and passwords. Let’s not forget the effort it takes to find all of my friends on various sites; let alone coaxing them to join all the ones I’ve joined while I have no intention of joining ones that they’re members of that I’m not currently.

Edwards is just trying to boost his visibility to as many web savvy individuals out there. However, it seems like he’s trying too hard if his Livejournal account that he is touting was last updated in 2004.

By: Benny

Benny — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:00:58 +0000

I agree that as the campaign goes on and if Edwards becomes the Dem nominee, the Internet team for Edwards’ campaign can hone on more significant sites depending on the hits.

All updates I receive from candidates are on yahoo, facebook and myspace, as well as directly into my e-mail boxes.

But where I differ from your assessment at this juncture is that Edwards considers the blogosphere as a grassroots place for democracy, as he said on CNN’s Situation Room this evening. Grassroots on the Net have become netroots. Roots mean “something resembling or suggesting the root of a plant in position or function”, or in human terms, many feelers.

You have raised some good points.

Benny