Digg recently added a new section to their site called “Digg The Candidates.†What this section basically lets you do is digg which U.S. presidential candidate you think should win the 2008 elections.
You have the ability to support as many candidates as you want but friending someone from both parties makes really no sense at all (you can un-friend them too.) While this page might not be as accurate as some of the polls, it does give a good sense of what candidates diggers support and which they think should lead our country.
The candidates are divided into two lists based on the party they are running for. They are ranked on the amount of people who have added them as friends. And under their names it shows the last story they have made a favorite.
Each candidate now also have their own digg profile, where they digg, submit and comment on different stories. You can reach their profiles by clicking on their name. This gives a sense of what they are up to, and what issues they are supporting at any given moment.
For the Democrats Barack Obama is in the lead followed by Dennis Kucinich. And for the Republicans Ron Paul is in the lead (with a whopping 9340 diggs, the leading candidate on digg) followed by Mike Huckabee.
“Digg The Candidates†section on digg is an incredible way to expand deeper into politics, give the users a voice on who should win the 2008 elections and also gives the candidates another campaign method, showing what issues they support in our country.
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Sorry for the light posting lately, things have been extremely busy….
This week Facebook launched their 3 part ad program. The night it launched I spoke to a reporter from the Associated Press who wanted my thoughts on the new program. The article ran in many, many different places. Here are my thoughts from it:
Privacy concerns aside, many Facebook members may be reluctant to endorse an advertiser for fear of alienating friends who had bad experiences with the same company, said Chris Winfield, who runs 10e20, an online marketing specialist.
“They are relying a lot on their users to make this happen, and that’s going to be tricky,” Winfield said.
Then yesterday I spoke with Jonathan Richards from The Times for his article: Facebook to allow corporations to advertise via users’ referrals. Here are my thoughts:
Chris Winfield, the president of 10e20, a social media marketing company, said that advertisers would welcome the platform, but that Facebook risked alienating users if their profiles became too cluttered with marketing.
“Part of the reason Facebook has been so popular is because it’s been antiadvertising, anticlutter,†he said. “This risks friends falling out. If someone is constantly telling me how great Coke is and I’m a Pepsi fan, I’m going to lose that connection.â€
Some users say that Facebook is right to help companies to serve more relevant adverts but others believe that the site’s reputation as a commercial-free zone is under threat.
Check out the AP article here on CNN.
Check out the Times article online here.
Check out lots of coverage from the blogosphere here via Techmeme.
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