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If Myspace Were a Whore, How Much Would It Charge?

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 10, 2007 - 5:52am

I sat back today while fishing through Myspace with the after thought still in my mind of how some political blogs and media outlets have tried to put a value to the amount of friends Joe Anthony help get for Barack Obama. This quantification of a friend for a political campaign made me think of Myspace as a whore of sorts, a street walker if you will. How much would Myspace charge if it were a peddler of it's body for financial gain? How much would the website charge per friend, or per hour?

Thought of the Day: Barack Obama's Myspace Mishap

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 4, 2007 - 5:50am

I have read much of the netroots bashing Sen. Barack Obama for the situation that arose between his campaign and Joe Anthony, the volunteer that founded his Myspace page back in 2004. Daily Kos, MyDD, and TechPresident released very opinionated reports on this situation earlier today.

Viral Marketing=Social Networking???

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 3, 2007 - 7:41am

I spent the past 90 minutes in a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference about viral marketing in 2007. So i have discovered that Convio, Oxfam America, and some guy from a "social mapping" company (what is social mapping anyway?) don't really understand what viral marketing is. According to them, creating a Myspace page or campaign in conjunction with Myspace, send out an email or creating a cool map that shows you where your friend's live is viral marketing...WRONG!

Techie Stereotypes

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 3, 2007 - 7:33am

I have been working on a campaign here in DC for about 2 months now, and boy do i feel the woes of an Internet Director. It is tough enough trying to get people to understand the importance of technology in organizing, but even tougher trying to get people to make a vested interest in it.

Here are a list of stereotypes I have heard, or have been placed upon me over the past couple of months:

Facebook is over...what next?

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 3, 2007 - 5:41am

In my opinion Facebook is the IT of social networking right now. They have provided much better tools for people to connect and communicate with their friends that Myspace has. Granted Myspace allows users to customize their profile pages very easily, it has become extremely commercialized, overrun by porn peddlers and Match.com ads.

VLogging, Local Politics, and the Technological Divide

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 3, 2007 - 5:39am

I just returned from the Advisory Neighborhood Commission Meeting for ANC 2-C, and boy was it a mess. Commissioners Padro, Chapple, Brooks, Curtis and Thorpe were all at each others throats, and the constituents in the room were at their throats...it was a train wreck. Anyway, on to technology...

A Lesson From the Right

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 3, 2007 - 5:36am
I received this email from the Mitt Romney campaign today. I think this is the first i have gotten since i signed up on his list (which was a week ago). I usually get an email from campaigns every few days, but nothing from him for a week. That is impressive in the day in age where people feel you need an email every other day to get a message out.

Viral Marketing=Social Networking???

Submitted by Riche Zamor on May 1, 2007 - 9:53am

I spent the past 90 minutes in a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference about viral marketing in 2007. So i have discovered that Convio, Oxfam America, and some guy from a "social mapping" company (what is social mapping anyway?) don't really understand what viral marketing is. According to them, creating a Myspace page or campaign in conjunction with Myspace, send out an email or creating a cool map that shows you where your friend's live is viral marketing...WRONG!

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