Comments on: Changing The Election: Social Media Voting http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/01/08/changing-the-election-social-media-voting/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Best Of Social Media Explorer: January | Social Media Explorer http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/01/08/changing-the-election-social-media-voting/#comment-950 Best Of Social Media Explorer: January | Social Media Explorer Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:02:13 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/01/08/changing-the-election-social-media-voting/#comment-950 [...] Changing The Election: Social Media Voting [...] [...] Changing The Election: Social Media Voting [...]

]]> By: Jason Falls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/01/08/changing-the-election-social-media-voting/#comment-768 Jason Falls Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:27:26 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/01/08/changing-the-election-social-media-voting/#comment-768 Gaming the system? Digg users? Surely you jest?! I'm right there with you on saving us all some trouble and them some money. Of course, each candidate gets a million from Uncle Sam (read: US) to run for president, so I'm even more on your side. If you took all the campaign money spent by presidential campaigns over the last 20 years, we could end world hunger. Great response. Gaming the system? Digg users? Surely you jest?!

I’m right there with you on saving us all some trouble and them some money. Of course, each candidate gets a million from Uncle Sam (read: US) to run for president, so I’m even more on your side.

If you took all the campaign money spent by presidential campaigns over the last 20 years, we could end world hunger. Great response.

]]> By: nick huhn http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/01/08/changing-the-election-social-media-voting/#comment-766 nick huhn Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:53:56 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2008/01/08/changing-the-election-social-media-voting/#comment-766 Brilliant in concept though my primary concern is that - like any other online 'voting' platform *cough* *digg* *cough* - it is easy for a committed individual or group to game the system. The inherent lack of objectivity aside, I think this concept would have served as a wonderful excuse to save untold hundreds of millions of dollars on political fundraising campaigns that amounted to a waste of everyone's time, money and attention. I wonder hypothetically what else could we could have done by giving those millions to deserving charities rather than having 'electable' candidates squander the funds in useless self-promotion? Brilliant in concept though my primary concern is that - like any other online ‘voting’ platform *cough* *digg* *cough* - it is easy for a committed individual or group to game the system.

The inherent lack of objectivity aside, I think this concept would have served as a wonderful excuse to save untold hundreds of millions of dollars on political fundraising campaigns that amounted to a waste of everyone’s time, money and attention.

I wonder hypothetically what else could we could have done by giving those millions to deserving charities rather than having ‘electable’ candidates squander the funds in useless self-promotion?

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