Republican Online Activists: Stand Up and Be Counted
By Adam C Posted in 2008 | Facebook | MySpace | Online Activism | Republicans — Comments (8) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Compared to the online activism on the left, Republicans lack woefully in many capacities. No one person can change this overall difference in online activism, but here are some basic things you can do to make sure Republicans are standing up and being counted in the online competitions. Note that Tech President keeps track of facebook friends, myspace friends, web traffic and other indicators of online activity. Without costing you a dime, you can help Sen. McCain and Republicans show they exist online by doing the following:
Most importantly, become a supporter of McCain. After becoming a supporter, SHARE McCain's page with your friends (you can message 20 at a time or post to your profile).
To step up your commitment, join Patrick Ruffini's "McCain Facebook Challenge" group whose goal is to get other people to "support" McCain publicly. Invite all your R and I friends and you may be surprised by some of them who will support McCain publicly if just asked.
Finally, especially for the Ron Paul supporters consider joining "Join or Die 08" a group for people who think Paul has a lot of good points and are still voting for McCain as the best viable choice. This is the Big Tent at work and Paul supporters gain credibility the more they work as allies with the Party.
MySpace
MySpace has a lower income demographic than Facebook. While facebook is dominated by the upscale liberals, myspace is disproportionately occupied by the biggest swing groups of an Obama-McCain race: working class whites. Despite this, the McCain campaign does not seem to have as much MySpace outreach.
The biggest and easiest thing you can do is to go to McCain's profile and click on "add to friends" to be counted as a friend of McCain's.
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There are other groups and causes on both sites that may be worth your while. You can also add other politicians as your "friends" or count yourself among their "supporters." But the above 3 steps are an easy and free way to make your presence as an online Republican know (support McCain on facebook, join the McCain facebook challenge, and become friends with McCain on MySpace)
Stand up and be counted.
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I am astounded that anyone older than 25 has ever been to either place. Furthermore, it sounds something like mining for gold in my swimming pool.
Best of luck to them though.
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This is primarily a professional networking site, but each of the candidates has a profile, and McCain now has hundreds (thousands?) of "connections."
And added a McCainSpace page to boot. i just wish they would upgrade the capabilities on the McCain space to match Obama.
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...a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right...
---Thomas Paine---