Obama, Web 2.0 President or Just Another Politician?
December 12th, 2008
Filed Under: Travel Tips
Over here at Viscape, we have been following the Obama campaign quite closely. While we are not taking a partisan stance, we are fascinated by what Barack Obama achieved through social media. He truly embodies the idea of sourcing wisdom (and funding) from the crowd. With that said, Viscape and Obama have tons in common – we both believe in change, openness, transparency, making an impact, the free exchange of ideas, a voice for everyone and the free exchange of private homes (at least Viscape does on this last one).
On change.gov, you can feel like you are part of the political process – the decision making. You can be part of the discussion, your voice can be heard. Isn’t this what Web 2.0 is all about? Will Obama run the government like he ran his campaign? Will he source wisdom from the crowd?
A campaign organizer and supporter, James McBride, thinks so, saying, “Barack Obama is unquestionably proving to be a Web 2.0 President, as his change.gov web site asks for citizen feedback and stories relating to the Presidential Agenda and provides net-friendly video weekly addresses while his campaign’s grassroots apparatus is continuing on with post-election house parties this weekend and the my.barackobama.com web site remaining long-term as a community-organizing resource.”
Chime in; What do you think? Do you think Obama can translate his campaign politics of Web 2.0, long tail fund raising, social media viral into the political process? Is our chair at the board room table for real? Is the White House really our house too? Before you comment, take a look at the campaigns’ most recent video.
Other opinions on this subject matter: LA TIMES, InformationWeek, Podcast from NPR.
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