Josh Levy raised some serious questions yesterday in a techPresident piece about Obama’s preferred treatment in the launch of Facebook’s new Platform application, which lets users build tools for the Facebook community:
But when Platform launched, Obama was the only candidate with an application. Why didn’t John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ron Paul, or anyone else get in on the possibility of reaching 20 million or more Facebook users and potential voters?
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The other campaigns found out about Platform with the rest of us, on Friday, May 25. If Facebook let the Obama campaign in but kept all of the other campaigns out, this was a serious breach of trust.
Serious breach of trust, or maybe even an FEC violation? This is the first election cycle in which campaigns are depending on such a huge variety of Internet companies for exposure: YouTube, Google, MySpace, Facebook, Meetup, Eventful, etc etc. These corporations have a tremendous social responsibility, and if they don’t live up to it, they may face some real consequences — and not just in the court of public opinion.
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June 5th, 2007
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- What Kills a Social Media Campaign. Case studies of bitter failure.
- Amateur charge infuriates blogosphere. “Millions and millions of exuberant monkeys … are creating an endless digital forest of mediocrity” (e.politics is proud to be doing its part).
- Growing Internet role in election. An interview with techPresident’s Andrew Rasiej.
- RNC fires phone-bank staffers. The dark side of technological change.
- Dark Side, Part Two: The internet is destroying porn!
- Dark Side, Part Three: Google Earth works for terrorists too. That’s the hassle with tools — they don’t care who uses them.
- Dark Side, Part Four: Teen Tests Internet’s Lewd Track Record. On the downsides of Internet “fame.” Via Adrants.
- And now, the Bright Side: YouTube Serves as Venezuelan Anti-Censorship Tool. Video’s not just for cute kittens.
- A Little Bit Quieter Now. Blogosphere loses a couple of voices.
- Which would be just fine with the Chinese government: Chinese online reporter arrested.
- Building Your Brand In Facebook.
- Howard Kurtz is building his personal Facebook brand, much to his daughter’s dismay.
- Twitterizing Blogs. I just think it’s fun to say “twitter.”
- San Leandro politics move to Web. A look at the influence of local bloggers.
- Fred Goes “Tech Heavy.” What we might expect if Thompson dives in.
- Clinton on CNN Only, McCain on Conservative Sites and Networks in April. A look at the candidates’ early online advertising, via Eric Frenchman.
- Looking under the hood at Google. Go behind the scenes as Googlers tweak the search algorithm. Seth Godin sez, don’t try to game Google — stick to organic search growth.
- Google and Salesforce Team Up, but Donna Bogatin’s skeptical.
- Obama’s Annoying New Ring Tone. Ruby Sinreich answers the call.
- Joe Biden Gives Lousy YouTube.
- White House Director of Internet Communications heads to the PR world. Note to self: get high-paying corporate job one of these days, shoot self in head shortly thereafter.
- I might need more bullets: Mike Tyson Goes to Bollywood. Thanks to Burt Edwards for making my afternoon complete.
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