This is a good evolution

Fred Gooltz — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:00:41 -0400

I'm glad to see finally that a campaign is growing out of the reliance on the same old petition tools and citizen co-sponsor tricks that online political operatives have used for years to build their lists with diminishing returns.

When campaigns aren't using gimmicks or contests online, it's the "advocacy" that is most insulting. Users know that most online advocacy tools from candidates are a blatant list build program, but it doesn't have to be that way - it could be like what Dodd has done here, which is actual activism. He's doing crowd sourcing and it's interactive and it's more effective than email spam and it's more open to users (it does not require login).

I understand that many internet operatives have been limited by the tools that they have been using, most of them are stuck with out-of-the-box turnkey solutions and so their tactics have not kept up with the public's growing sophistication about spammers and list building exploits. So this subsite for Dodd is a great sign of things to come, I hope.

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This is a good evolution