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Edwards back on Facebook

Joshua Levy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:18:08 -0400

John Edwards' profile is back on Facebook. Apparently there were too many messages going out from supporters and it triggered Facebook's spam catcher.

James, Do you really expect

nottellingwho — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:13:14 -0400

James,
Do you really expect that a candidate will be able to personally respond to every query they receive? It doesn't make sense that a candidate would cherry pick to speak directly with one person, while ignoring others...that alienates those he doesn't address. They are much better off putting together videos that have wide spread appeal. Why should a candidate shun the opportunity to speak to as many people as possible and instead waste a vblog on one person?

Just to Clarify

EmergencyCheese — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:29:27 -0400

People seem to have this idea that I only want candidates to respond directly to me. Of course it would be cool if they did that, but I'm really interested in seeing them respond
through video to somebody (anybody!) who sends them a video message.

It doesn't have to be me - in this case, Clark did post a video response to me (which you can see under my video 'Wesley Clark on YouTube.. My contention is that if he wanted to make a video response to me, he should mention my name, just like almost all legitimate video responses on YouTube mention the name of the person they're responding to. That's one big way of telling if the person is really responding or if they just want attention for their video.

I'd be very happy to see candidates address their responses by to whomever they wanted to respond to. This is the same advice that Sam Roake, the manager for David Cameron's web campaign, gave to candidates as quoted on the most recent PrezVid post:

"Don't make the videos scripted and spun. Involve the voters: respond to them and address them by name."

-James Kotecki

I wonder where he went...

Joshua Levy — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:45:43 -0400

Something tells me he isn't gone for good. His campaign site still links to the defunct profile, and he's fully embraced a bunch of other services... I think he'll be back on Facebook.

John Edwards dies on Facebook

nottellingwho — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:06:21 -0400

Edwards has died an enigmatic death on Facebook. He seems to have left the the virtual land of procrastinating college students for greener pastures. So long good buddy... The only question now is, will anyone notice he's gone?

Daily Digest, 3/12/07

Joshua Levy — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:27:12 -0400

The Web on the Candidates

As reported by James Kotecki, Wesley Clark has started to produce videos for his website, stopIranWar.com. While Kotecki is upset that Clark isn't ~~mentioning Kotecki's name~~ responding directly to voters, it's an encouraging step and a sign that Clark may be getting closer to announcing his candidacy.

Giuliani's video closet: PrezVid's Peter Hauck has some advice for Rudy: "Buckle Up, It's Gonna Be a Bumpy Ride." After listing the many of Rudy's less-than-conservative merits, Hauck posts two videos -- one a mayoral campaign video from 1989 showing a very family-friendly Rudy, the other a "Welcome to CPAC" video showcasing Rudy's liberal positions on social issues -- that should provide fodder for his conservative critics in weeks and months to come.