Second Life Presidential candidates by Bob Cefail
From Slashdot today we have the following
politics 2.0 writes "It may not be an official effort "yet” but thanks to a grass-roots effort, John Edwards has become the first presidential candidate to set-up-shop in Second Life. Jerimee Richir, whose avatar is called Jose Rote, paid-for and developed Edwards' virtual headquarters, and, on a voluntary basis, is managing the in-world campaign. Considering that Second Life's user numbers are much smaller than other social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook ”aside from generating press coverage” will campaigning in Second Life actually win many votes? Rote says yes, and that "Second Life users are a unique audience, in that, they are first adopters. It is a smaller community, but I would argue it is a more influential community.'"
Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/91149879/article.pl
This may or may not have a huge effect on elections in two years, but it is a sign of the times that blogging, the internet, and the blogosphere are having a huge impact on what once was "business as usual"
In the last election, none of the experts could calculate the influence of the internet on politics but I would argue that it is a growing force, and in a few years, a force to be reckoned with.
politics 2.0 writes "It may not be an official effort "yet” but thanks to a grass-roots effort, John Edwards has become the first presidential candidate to set-up-shop in Second Life. Jerimee Richir, whose avatar is called Jose Rote, paid-for and developed Edwards' virtual headquarters, and, on a voluntary basis, is managing the in-world campaign. Considering that Second Life's user numbers are much smaller than other social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook ”aside from generating press coverage” will campaigning in Second Life actually win many votes? Rote says yes, and that "Second Life users are a unique audience, in that, they are first adopters. It is a smaller community, but I would argue it is a more influential community.'"
Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/91149879/article.pl
This may or may not have a huge effect on elections in two years, but it is a sign of the times that blogging, the internet, and the blogosphere are having a huge impact on what once was "business as usual"
In the last election, none of the experts could calculate the influence of the internet on politics but I would argue that it is a growing force, and in a few years, a force to be reckoned with.
posted by Bob Cefail | 9:05 AM
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