Posts Tagged with ‘political-social-networks’

It is always easy to criticize, especially when it comes to politics. Unfortunately too many people prefer to criticize instead of actually doing something on their own. Today we are seeing a new initiative that is intended to let the new President know what direction we believe the new Administration should take.
The political social network MeriTalk offers a way for everyone to reach out to the newly elected president with his or her opinion. Today the network announces a competition [...]

Tossing its hat into the ring of political web 2.0 applications and social networks, If I'm President (in alpha mode) wants you to share your political views. As part of my ongoing series on Politics and Web 2.0, I decided to check it out. Earlier in the series I look at sites like 20DC, VocalNation, ElectionTV, Essembly, Maplight and the individual candidate social sites. How did If I'm President compare?
It lost a few points right away for visual presence. [...]

Taking political social networking up a notch, we get Election 2008 TV. This social network for the political set is focused on video as their social medium of choice. It's a nice way to make the election process more personal.
Election 2008 TV gives users a place to put their political videos supporting candidates, to see candidates in the news, to see the videos put up by others about candidates, and more. Each video has a way to comment and discuss [...]