"As the country's most trafficked Web site, MySpace will play a powerful role in the upcoming election," Chris DeWolfe, MySpace's chief executive said in a statement.
MySpace now has presidential hopefuls with profiles! Like, that's so totally cool because now we can totally ask Barak and Hillary to, like, be our friends and then we can send them a comment that says, "Thanks for the Add!" They'll totally win the election because I'm going to put them in my top 8!
First off, having a 70-something presidential candidate as your 'friend' on MySpace seems to be about as cool as admitting your favorite band is ABBA. Secondly, The CEO of MySpace has a twisted sense of self-importance and impact of MySpace. Just because you have site traffic and generate ad revenue does not make you influential in political elections. Somebody should put that on a t-shirt. [DMN]
But... but... I really like ABBA. "Dancing Queen" just makes me feel so pretty.
Me too YogaFag. ABBA is the best!!!
I love people that honestly believe that the Internet is going to "make the difference" in poltical campaigns of substance someday, the same dumb asses that believe blogging is the equivelent of real news reporting.
ABBA rocks, no doubt about it.
A few things:
1. I don't want to hear anymore about ABBA! Not when you could be making fun of me having an Air Supply CD right next to Marilyn Manson's Greatest Hits CD in my car.
2. I already have Barak, Hillary and Wes Clark as my friends on Myspace. I've had them almost as long as I've had pornstar The Real Jenna Haze as a friend.
3. When CNN correspodents and WaPo reporters read Firedoglake to know what's going on in the Libby trial, blogging IS news reporting.
My point is that the internet is the medium that is the most widely used these days, and myspace has taken off in the past couple of years. I'm not going to try to argue that myspace is the most effective, or even effective at all, of forums for political campaigns but i think it's foolish to say that it's a pointless use of the web when hundreds of thousands or more people use myspace every day.
Kel,
It's pointless, unless you're appealing to teenagers and the pedophiles that are trying to attract them, then it's spot on.
Nate,
Nice try.
MySpace is owned by News Corp. Think they don't have a stake in making it a political place?
I agree that it's probably not going to cause a rampant increase in activism, but it might have slight advantages helping get a political message out to young people. But "important"? Probably not.
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I disagree Pinkdome...I think it's a responsible way to use the online forum to attempt to get some members of the younger generation thinking about the candidates and the issues they stand for.