John Edwards: My Twitter Friend!
19 Mar 2007 (Mon)JOHN EDWARDS, presidential candidate in the USA, added me as a friend on Twitter last night. Something like this in Singapore — say, PM Lee did this — would definitely make headline news. It’s probably nothing in the States by now?
So now, on my Followers page, I have the honor (perhaps) of seeing this:
ACTUALLY, I DON’T understand politics in Singapore or in the USA. However, it’s really interesting to read and observe a few things:
- Scoble’s post, Political use of social media: Edwards (1); Obama (.5); Clinton (NA)
- Social media on John Edwards’ website (see right)
Also, Scoble’s interview with Elizabeth Edwards:
And Scoble’s interview with John Edwards:
- Will social media change Singaporean politics?
- Insight#5: More Good Ways to Use Twitter
- Introducing “Asia Social Media Directory”
- Influential Japanese Love Twitter
- The biggest ethical issues in Social Media today
- Twitter, Jaiku or Pownce?
- YouTube: US “presidents”, UK queen & now Jap PM
Posted by J.K. in Art, Politics, Social Media, Technology | blog reactions | |
March 25th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Yep, it’s Howard Dean all over again but this time all the candidates are more savvy. I was also blown away when John Edwards added me as a friend on Twitter (and Flickr too, I think)!
I met the folks who ran the Dean campaign earlier this month at SXSW. Apparently the Obama campaign people were in the same room but I didn’t get a chance to meet them.
March 25th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
You were at SXSW! Lucky you!
Social media IS getting political. In fact, from what I’ve read, blogs gained mainstream momentum mainly around the US 2004 presidential election.
Beware of subliminal messages embedded in “casual chatter” with “friends”!