Chris Cillizza warns officeholders about the dangers of Twitter in this article. Sure, in theory it makes sense to provide benign daily updates letting your constituents know you are hard at work fighting for them. And it is “kinda cool” — as Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a titan of political Twitterers, described a recent tweet […]
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Twitter’s Political Fundraising Potential
Colin Delany points out an interesting question first asked at TechPresident: “Why haven’t conservatives built their own ActBlue around Twitter?” Here’s the article.
The Essence of Twitter
Molly Murray-Threipland paints an interesting picture of Twitter and its potential for use in political and issue advocacy in this piece in today’s Times. Don’t laugh. Twitter can be serious. It can be used in cities where the emergency services are not on the same wavelength. It was in use to gather aid for Italian earthquake […]