Update 1: “Obama MySpace Discrepancy – Joe Rospars and TechPresident” http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....spars.html
Update 2: “TechPresident: How to Value a MySpace Mega-Group” http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....-mega.html
Update 3: “Joe Anthony on his current MySpace page: “Perhaps it should just be deleted.”" http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....-page.html
Original: Obama, MySpace, Joe Anthony, Day 2 – Latest Coverage By Leading Media (New York Times, TechPresident, Washington Post, Huffington Post)
http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....atest.html

Update 1: “Obama MySpace Discrepancy – Joe Rospars and TechPresident” http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....spars.html
Update 2: “TechPresident: How to Value a MySpace Mega-Group” http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....-mega.html
Update 3: “Joe Anthony on his current MySpace page: “Perhaps it should just be deleted.”" http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....-page.html
Original: Obama, MySpace, Joe Anthony, Day 2 – Latest Coverage By Leading Media (New York Times, TechPresident, Washington Post, Huffington Post)
http://hammer2006.blogspot.com.....atest.html

I agree with everything you wrote. I think the mistake the Obama campaign made was not dealing with this before the list grew to include 150,000 people. Would have been much easier to handle before the profile blew up.

I agree with everything you wrote. I think the mistake the Obama campaign made was not dealing with this before the list grew to include 150,000 people. Would have been much easier to handle before the profile blew up.

I agree with you mostly. Obama should have control over any domain that bears his name, in a context that suggests he or his campaign are responsible for it.

But why couldn’t this site have been given a new name, like obamafan or friendsofbarackobama, with all content transferred to this new domain, and with a promise of assistance in redirecting the traffic?

Jarvis loves to scream about the hairy hand of centralized control, but he knows darn well that campaigns have no control over most of what is said about them by their supporters or fans on the Web, and aren’t even trying. This guy’s only mistake was taking obama’s name. The campaign should have defined it’s efforts as trying to get the name back. The content shouldn’t have been made the issue.

I agree with you mostly. Obama should have control over any domain that bears his name, in a context that suggests he or his campaign are responsible for it.

But why couldn’t this site have been given a new name, like obamafan or friendsofbarackobama, with all content transferred to this new domain, and with a promise of assistance in redirecting the traffic?

Jarvis loves to scream about the hairy hand of centralized control, but he knows darn well that campaigns have no control over most of what is said about them by their supporters or fans on the Web, and aren’t even trying. This guy’s only mistake was taking obama’s name. The campaign should have defined it’s efforts as trying to get the name back. The content shouldn’t have been made the issue.

I think that the discontent of the original http://www.barackobama.com/barackobama operator is not what should primarily other the Obama camp.

A social network faux pas can damage anyone’s reputation on the Internet. Thus, many people on MySpace will likely not approve or appreciate how the campaign handled this situation. Will this affect how they view Obama and his campaign? Maybe.

I think that the discontent of the original http://www.barackobama.com/barackobama operator is not what should primarily other the Obama camp.

A social network faux pas can damage anyone’s reputation on the Internet. Thus, many people on MySpace will likely not approve or appreciate how the campaign handled this situation. Will this affect how they view Obama and his campaign? Maybe.