I think this is the big question raised by the whole Obama MySpace mess. Let us know what you think by voting in the poll below and by leaving your thoughts in the comments.
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The Case for Supporter Control of MySpace » The Bivings Report - May 7th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Bill Helm - May 3rd, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Jerome Armstrong from MyDD had a good take on this (http://www.mydd.com/story/2007.....2736/1827):
“I’m actually wondering if in fact campaigns have any business at all trying to do official efforts on social networking sites. Why not just pass off a lot of widgets to the volunteers to try and gather the info, and let them do the evangelizing among the community. It’s probably on the unofficial sites that the more effective outreach, to influentials that they know or can tell they know, because they belong to the community.”
Mark - May 3rd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
I agree with MyDD.
Let the supporters run with it. They will do a better job and keep it more relevant.
Alex Hammer - May 4th, 2007 at 9:34 am
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By the way, not to be difficult, but I would answer #3 to this poll, “it depends”. There’s just a lot of factors involved, and I hope that after all the examination of this Obama MySpace situation is done, if that occurs, then we will all have a better understanding, that is actionable, of the relevant dynamics.
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Todd Zeigler - May 4th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
For the record, my current thinking is that I’m in favor of official profiles. But I also think anyone who claims to know what to do with this stuff with any certainty is fooling themselves. This stuff is too new, so I reserve the right to change my mind as more data comes in.
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