- How the GOP used Twitter to stretch election laws. Illegal coordination via anonymous Twitter accounts? More: GOP Operatives Use Twitter To Hide In Plain Sight.
- How Facebook plans to become one of the most powerful tools in politics. C.f. Facebook Turning Its Sites, User Data To Political Ads and Facebook to Overtake YouTube: 5 New Research Findings (via Shaun Dakin).
- Social media hasn’t boosted young voter turnout. Meanwhile, New technologies encourage women, but not poor people, to participate in politics and How Millennials’ Use of Social Networks Explains Their Politics.
- Hill staffer Elizabeth Lauten resigns after [online] remarks about Obama daughters. She should have read Tomorrow’s Politicians Must Manage Social Media Today.
- On social media Clinton, Cruz lead 2016 potential presidential candidates, for what it’s worth.
- Is Facebook still useful for nonprofits? But, Why Facebook’s War on Marketing Is a Good Thing
- ‘Dark social’ is mostly Facebook.
- Some protest on streets, others on social media. C.f. If You’re Protesting Today, or Any Day, You Should Know Your Cellphone Rights
- The Internet, Politics, and the Politics of Internet Debate. Big-picture thinking from Evgeny Morozov
- Democrats maneuver to maintain data edge. TargetSmart gets a new CEO. Meanwhile, Political data wizard Bainter has big influence in Florida.
- F?iscalNote Secures $7 Million in Series A Funding, Eyes Product and Global Expansion. Predicts legislative and regulatory outcomes.
- Experiments show this is the best way to win campaigns. But is anyone actually doing it? Does the ground game get lip service and no more?
- Data-Driven TV Ad Targeting Works in Politics Too. Yep. More data 101: Data Brokers Know Your Income, Politics, And Much More.
- ‘Let the war begin’: Anonymous knocks hate sites offline as KKK ‘hoods off’ campaign continues. More: Anonymous Seized the Klan’s Main Twitter Account Sunday Morning #OpKKK.
- Mob Rule, Vigilante Behavior and Blasphemy in Pakistan’s Digital Age.
- Taking down MufflerMan: Delhi BJP’s 6-step plan to take on AAP on social media.
- Terrorists on Twitter: Are social media networks becoming safe havens for extremists?, and U.K. Companies Vow to Censor “Terrorist” Websites.
- The Trouble with Apps, From Obama to ISIS.
- How Brigade is Taking Shape: An Interview with James Windon meets
- Q&A: Jenna Golden, Sales Manager for Politics and Advocacy at Twitter.
- How #Disruption Broke The New Republic. C.f. A Eulogy for The New Republic.
- L.A. Times names Internet strategist Nicco Mele deputy publisher. Nice work, my friend!
- 8 Bold Predictions for Digital Marketing in 2015.
- Your In-Box is Personal, and That’s What Makes Email Powerful .
- 10 Must-Have Year-End Fundraising Tips.
- Cut These 8 Words for Stronger Writing.
- 4 Ways To Write Irresistible Email Newsletters.
- Nine Insights on the Future of Fundraising.
- Three Keys to Working with Crowds.
- How Mobile Advocacy Can Power Up Events.
- 42% of Donors to Crowdfunding Campaigns Are Ages 55-74, and Who Gives to Crowdfunding Events?
- Face-to-Face with Congress: Before, During, and After Meetings with Legislators.
- The Survivor: How Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick Held On.
- The GOP’s numbers problem. They predicted a Romney win in 2012, then missed the GOP wave in the midterms. Can GOP pollsters get it right in 2016?
- Google’s “impossible” plan to beam Internet from solar-powered balloons is actually working. Potential to create millions of digital advocates around the world?
- And finally, It’s a Sad Day: Clip Art Is Dead.
Too much is never enough? See past editions of Quick Hits. See anything I missed? Email me with tips.
– cpd