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Twitter As a Campaigning Tool

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the smtp-aint-sexy-no-more dept.

labourstart writes "Meetup.com wasn't designed to help presidential candidates and Twitter wasn't supposed to be a campaigning tool. But LabourStart's Eric Lee argues that Twitter may be just what unions and other campaigning organizations have been looking for — a way to cut through the background noise and reach their members."

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  1. A tool I can't use by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've never used twitter. But I keep seeing so much about it - a comic at Penny Arcade, articles, political events and such. So I thought I'd check it out. Went over to sign up and was told that it was under heavy load and to come back later. (Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again.) I've tried a few times in the last week or two. Looks like that thing is suffocating under its own weight.

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  2. The big joke is... by tjstork · · Score: 5, Informative

    That, these guys are basically sending out junk mail too. They want to send out more messages like - "Oh give us money, and we will save you".. just like everyone else on the planet.

    I swear, we could make a bunch of ELIZA - like bots that would replace 99% of the political activity web sites for all political persuasions...

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