http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/394/daily_digest_6_11_07 Comments for "Daily Digest: 6/11/07" en http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/394/daily_digest_6_11_07 <p><strong>The Web on the Candidates</strong></p> <p>Advertising Age is <a href="http://adage.com/article?article_id=117245">reporting</a> that a CNN/YouTube co-sponsored debate scheduled for late July will be the first to feature questions in the form of user-generated videos. YouTube users will be asked to upload their questions to YouTube, several of which will be put to the candidates during the July 23 debate. While some skeptics don't see this as an opening up of the debates to the common people -- only internet activists will participate -- it's still a welcome change to the tired TV debate format that is failing to get anyone too excited. </p> <p>A new Facebook Platform app called <a href="http://www.voteonthebook.com/">Vote on the Book</a> is seeking to simulate "the 2008 Presidential election process, with just one catch-- every vote cast donates money to the candidate's Presidential campaign. It's simple: you vote, we tally the results and divide our earnings out to the candidates by the percentage of vote they have." Sounds like a nifty idea, though there's no explanation of where the donated money is coming from, or how much is donated for every vote...</p> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/394/daily_digest_6_11_07">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/394/daily_digest_6_11_07#comment Barack Obama Facebook Platform google Mitt Romney YouTube Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:02:47 -0400 Joshua Levy 394 at http://www.techpresident.com