Quick Hits returns!
- Update: In Defense of Political Email.
- Democratic House Candidates Are Walloping Republicans in the Small-Money Game.
- How campaigns are losing the mobile war. Mobile site fail, large-scale.
- Twitter users mock Colorado school district’s attempt to rewrite US history.
- Silicon Valley Dem under fire over staffers’ emails.
- Boards Against Humanity: Why isn’t 4chan’s founder accountable for 4chan’s offenses? C.f. The Threat to Leak Nude Photos of Emma Watson Was Actually a Tone-Deaf Internet Hoax. Anti-4chan advocacy goes awry.
- The Dangers of Off-Grid Social Networking in Hong Kong and Beyond.
- How Network-Centric Organizing Made the People’s Climate March.
- How Many Ways Can the Ayatollah Express His Hate for America on Twitter? Lots. C.f. Like It or Not, Iran Is a Drone Power.
- The U.S. has a new weapon in the fight against Islamic State: YouTube. But, Future Military Sensors Could Be Tiny Specks of ‘Smart Dust’.
- Facebook is more important to news distribution than you think, and journalists are freaked out.
- Political tech’s ‘arms dealers’. Politico takes a look at digital tech vendors.
- Why data-driven campaigning matters in the 2014 US elections and beyond.
- Apple Pay Will Be Much More Important Than the iPhone 6. Will it ease one-click mobile donations? But, Study: Nonprofits Score an “F” in Online Fundraising Scorecard.
- New Players Flood Opposition Research.
- How social media is changing political campaigns in Minnesota. Politics is social, you betcha.
- #ImARepublican Social Media Campaign Experiences Epic Failure. Meanwhile, Rick Perry Joins List Of Political Social Media “Fails” and Mitt Romney Figures Out How Secret Recordings Work.
- Oopsie! DiGiorno Used a Hashtag About Domestic Violence to Sell Pizza. Or, Here’s your worst brand tweet of the week.
- Russia announces $111,000 bounty to identify Tor users.
- Wow! Viber Beats Facebook in Myanmar. So they’ve got that going for them.
- Social Advocacy and Politics: Which Party Rules Twitter? Interesting: Twitter skews Dem, Pinterest to the Right.
- What’s Social Media Metrics’ Real Goal? Human Interaction.
- Ice bucket challenge: Why ‘charity narcissism’ is good.
- What Your Advocacy Campaign Can Learn from a Fraternity Video. It’s a kegger, bro!
- Net Neutrality Campaign Offers Lessons in Form Email Writing. Plus, Infographic: results of a September 10th day of advocacy around Net Neutrality.
- The Rise of Virtual Advocacy Groups.
- Using Social Listening to Focus Your Nonprofit Online Marketing Message.
- Beyond clicks: What type of changemaker are you?
- Leveraging Social Media Town Halls and Chats for Advocacy.
- How to Build an Engagement Ladder.
- Why People Unsubscribe and How It Affects Your Email Growth.
- Using Infographics as an Advocacy Tool.
- Social Advocacy and Politics: Why We Fight (and When and How) on Social Media.
- The Blurring Boundaries of “the Blogosphere” (Or, Research in Internet Time, Exhibit #8571).
- White House Petition Site Turns Three, Still Toddles. C.f. Some Birthday Wishes for the White House Petition Site.
- 5 Reasons to Add Engagement Data to Your CRM.
- On the subject of Candidate Verification.
- [Infographic] Key Social Media Trends. C.f. Best Times to Post on Social Media.
- Tricks and Tips to Use #Ello (With Screenshots).
- Changing the subject fairly radically, Corbett Wants More Info on Porn Emails. Boning up on the subject, as it were. Meanwhile, British politician resigns after X-rated social media scandal.
- And finally, Teen Petitions School to Let Him Use Embarrassing Cat-Themed Yearbook Photo He Will Regret in 6 Months.
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– cpd