A Social Networked Protest in India

Each week about this time I report in on how social networking technologies (usually Facebook) and politics (usually Planned Parenthood) interact.  This week, I’m still going to do that, but I’m going to point to an article I heard last night on NPR’s All Things Considered.  Referencing the work of Howard Rheingold, author of Smart [...]

Still The Cause, Not the Technology

This semester I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about successful campaign organization and messaging.  One common thread, in all my classes and volunteer work, is that without a solid message or a good candidate all the technology in the world wont help.  Nowhere is this clearer to me than in the presidential election.  [...]

Election Recovery, Thank You Notes, and Forgotten Help

The day after Barack Hussein Obama made history, Planned Parenthood sent me a short thank you note via e-mail.  It included a link to the PDF of their “this is what it feels like” project– pretty cool but, from what I can tell from their website hasn’t been hugely successful.  Also, they didn’t ask me [...]

So, I’m Not The Only One Creeped Out By Facebook Politics

Just wanted to let ya’ll know that Jezebel agrees with me.  Writing about the post-election reaction on Facebook, the Jezebel ladies note:
But then something else hits you: the anger in her messages and the vitriol in her words must sound, to you, exactly like your anti-Palin/anti-McCain rants sound to her. And yet, she still sends [...]

Donate Your Facebook Status?

Have you not asked for enough Sirs?!  Now you want my Facebook status too?!  I mean, I have big, big plans for my status on Nov. 4– but I do not need your fancy application to update my status for me.  No sir.  For me, part of what makes status updates fun is that they [...]

Agreeing to… Agree?

Comparatively, I don’t have a whole lot of friends on Facebook– 99.  I am NOT going to crisis over into the 100 realm, no sir.  It sounds harsh, but as soon as I finish up this degree I’m going to do some serious pruning.
Politics and Facebook is starting to bug me a little.  While I [...]

Planned Parenthood Is Taking Over My Facebook Page… And I Like It

I have to admit, when I got to the Facebook update from Planned Parenthood with the subject line “Win a Collectible Planned Parenthood Action Fund Prize Package!” I was intrigued.  Frankly, I’m a little embarrassed by this because really I don’t need all that much more swag from Planned Parenthood and also, I mean, really?  [...]

Picture This: Facebook and PPSD

It’s no secret that I am a huge supporter of Planned Parenthood… seriously, drinking all the Kool-Aid they can send my way.  Thus, I’m really excited to take part in their photo campaign via Facebook and the StandUpSD blog.  Earlier this autumn they did this photo “contest” that, in my humble opinoin, just did not [...]

Facebook Fatigue

Between my gig with the ACLU’s “Keep Our Care” iniative and my volunteer work with H*yas for Choice I’m spending a lot of time trying to make Facebook work for good.  Honestly, I probably spend 4-5 hours each week on Facebook just doing stuff for these organizations… which I sometimes find a little sad, but [...]

Sheish, Facebook Takes Time

As part of a consulting job* I recently got, I’ve been building Facebook pages and acquiring friends left and right… but at a snail’s pace.  When I made my action plan for this organization I figured that I could easily request 15 friends a day and have maybe 1/3 of those people agree to join [...]