Newsom Redux
Posted at 1:49 pm on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, in Uncategorized, and tagged california, newsom, techcrunch.
I shouldn’t have, but I did.
I read this article on TechCrunch hyping the Gavin Newsom announcement, in which it concludes that “the question is whether his opponents will be able to effectively use the same tools [Twitter, Facebook] without ringing hollow.” Really, that is the question?
The question is not if Newsom can turn those Twitter “followers” and Facebook “fans” into votes — and in this case, registered Democratic voters in California, since his biggest hurdle is the primary — and orchestrate a grass roots movement in his favor? It takes nothing to join a group online; it is entirely different to volunteer, contribute money, and (yes, even) vote in a primary.
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April 22nd, 2009 at 5:46 am
Step One: Tour the facilities of Facebook.
http://gawker.com/5222015/californias-hair-apparent-tours-facebook