Comments on: Facebook Status as an Advocacy Tool http://www.epolitics.com/2008/02/11/facebook-status-as-an-advocacy-tool/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:32:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Priscilla http://www.epolitics.com/2008/02/11/facebook-status-as-an-advocacy-tool/#comment-244878 Priscilla Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:57:54 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/02/11/facebook-status-as-an-advocacy-tool/#comment-244878 We did this in Australia last week. Our parliament apologised on behalf of previous governments to Australia's Indigenous Stolen Generations. We suggested to both our Facebook and MySpace friends that they change their status to "is sorry" on the day of the apology. Lots of people did, and as an added extra, hundreds of people joined our cause that day :) We did this in Australia last week. Our parliament apologised on behalf of previous governments to Australia’s Indigenous Stolen Generations. We suggested to both our Facebook and MySpace friends that they change their status to “is sorry” on the day of the apology. Lots of people did, and as an added extra, hundreds of people joined our cause that day :)

]]> By: Mark Pack http://www.epolitics.com/2008/02/11/facebook-status-as-an-advocacy-tool/#comment-236529 Mark Pack Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:10:42 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/02/11/facebook-status-as-an-advocacy-tool/#comment-236529 Using status in this way is a pretty common campaigning technique in the UK, though what's become more popular here (at least in the Liberal Democrats) is changing your profile picture to a graphic that says you are backing / have voted for a particular candidate. Using status in this way is a pretty common campaigning technique in the UK, though what’s become more popular here (at least in the Liberal Democrats) is changing your profile picture to a graphic that says you are backing / have voted for a particular candidate.

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