techPresident - Newt Gingrich - Comments

Thanks, plus clarifier

plange — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:11:57 -0400

Wanted to thank you for the review of A Donkey and an Elephant Walk Into A Bar, and also clarify that it is not just for liberals, though there are a lot on there right now. It's meant to allow dialog across political parties....

We do have a facebook app, and I use Facebook heavily, but one difference I would point out: If you're wanting a job in the political sphere, a D&E profile would be better to show your bonafides than your Facebook page... Facebook also doesn't deliver to me all the political events in my area like D&E does...

It was a little more frustrating than fun

Ruby Sinreich — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:36:34 -0400

I love this line, Nancy: "doing politics in Second Life is a lot like having sex in a car. Just when things hit a groove, something falls out of whack. Still, when all is said and done, you're glad you did it."

So... I was also under the impression that I was helping to organize the protest, until I got there learned that someone else had negotiated and agreed to a cap on 5 avatars on behalf of all of the protesters. (Typical bad intra-coalition communication.) I didn't mind being roped off and separated like protesters at any other Republican event, and I didn't mind that they required us to get our names on an access list just to even be there, but limiting the protest to 5 when there were only about 30 avatars at Gingrich's "press conference" gave the impression that there less people who felt the way we did, which felt unfair.

When peace protesters go to military bases, we expect to be in the minority, and when pro-lifers show up at the March for Women's Lives they expect to be in the minority. That's a reality that Republicans need to experience in Second Life as well.

Thx Nancy

David All — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:59:48 -0400

I appreciate this blog post and your report on this important event which I missed.

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Ruby Sinreich — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:07:47 -0400

Sorry to be cynical, but this seems like a joint exercise in irrelevance. They're not keeping debate alive, their debate is keeping them alive (or in the news, at least).

I can't speak for Gingrich or the right, but Kerry doesn't really carry much weight on the left.

Nice tool

David All — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:01:08 -0500

Another great metrics tool to add to my toolbox. Nice work Micah and David.
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