- The DNC Knows Everything About You. “Learning from the Obama presidential campaigns, the Democrats are rolling out a sophisticated national ground game they hope will get ‘souls to the polls.'”
- Ferguson Highway Patrol Captain Flashes Frat Greeting, Gets Called a Gang Member. A triumph of CNN’s “iReport” citizen journalism initiative. C.f. Officer Darren Wilson’s Online Support Group Is As Classy As You’d Expect.
- On social media and on the ground, Claire McCaskill led the early response to Ferguson unrest. But #Ferguson: Social media more spark than solution. Hmmm, maybe now, but let’s think longer-term. C.f. A Song Born When Pain Is Still Fresh, in which a Ferguson-inspired piece spreads around the world in hours
- Think Tank Tells Amnesty International to ‘Suck It’ on Twitter.
- Fark Wants to Ban Misogyny. Is That Even Possible?.
- This: Why Atlantic Media is funding a social platform for sharing links, one at a time.
- Uber Lands Former Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe.
- Analyzing the Success of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, plus Why the Ice-Bucket Challenge Went Viral and Here’s How the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Actually Started. But The Ice Bucket Challenge Is a Medical Disaster, even though it now has its own Wikipedia page. Finally, Only Obama Can End This Ice Bucket Challenge Madness.
- Are Online Petitions a Scam? C.f. The Power of the Online Petition: Rebutting Vice’s Misguided Objections to “Clicktivism”. and #IceBucketChallenge Transcends Slacktivism.
- Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?
- What Facebook doesn’t show you: It’s not your imagination — there are a lot of old posts in your Facebook feed
- What Content Ranks Best in Facebook Engagement? C.f. 4 tips for social media optimization on Facebook from Robert Scoble
- Optimizing Your Site for Twitter and Facebook.
- How to prepare for Facebook’s Sept. 1 ad targeting, bidding changes.
- Social Media Measurement Resources.
- 5 Tools No Campaign Should Be Without.
- Tutorial: Cookies & Cookie Targeting.
- Style Tiles: “No, It’s Not The Home Page”.
- Young (antipodean) online activists more politically engaged than many older Australians, research shows.
- Nebraska political campaigns get out the word using social media, as Social messaging in Maine’s political campaigns has become downright anti-social.
- Why Social Media Battles Turn Into Routs.
- Eagles guitarist taking it to the limit for Braley’s campaign. Writes fundraising email, notes that life’s been good so far.
- Congressional Staffer’s Edits Got Hill Computers Banned From Wikipedia.
- It’s Probably Bad Social Media Strategy To Tell Your Boss’ Constituents They Need A Lobotomy. So THAT’S what we’ve been doing wrong….
- And finally, Deer cam, social media help N.J. State Police catch suspected gun and metal thieves.
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– cpd