Comments on: Are MySpace Friends a Proxy for Votes?

By: Web Proxy

Web Proxy — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:40:16 +0000

I really dont understand why companies, schools, governments think they have the right to dicate what people do online, its essentially censorship and its wrong.

By: MySpace som politisk rekrutteringsforum

MySpace som politisk rekrutteringsforum — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:24:54 +0000

[...] Nogle iagttagere, bl.a. David Wilson fra bloggen Social Media Optimization, filosoferer lidt over, hvorvidt kandidaternes popularitet på MySpace – antallet af venner – er indikativ for, hvor populære de er ved masserne. Dette søger de svar på ved at sammenligne antallet af MySpace venner med tallene fra meningsmålingerne. [...]

By: nate

nate — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:21:45 +0000

Although interesting, we should definitely remember there is a demographic who is engaged with myspace, and a whole lot of people who are not (by choice or otherwise).

However, tt’s a very interesting stat, and worth considering more for the demographics than for the actual % of people who are ‘friending’ a particular candidate.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:53:45 +0000

The $1 question is are any of these profiles actual “real” (I hope not). I don’t think Hillary’s advisors would recommend devoting a huge chunk of her page to Cafepress trinkets. It’s also funny how the Giuliani page stresses that he wants to meet military, police, & firefighters…what about the rest of America? :p

By: Are MySpace Friends a Proxy for Votes? of Myspace Html Codes Blog

Are MySpace Friends a Proxy for Votes? of Myspace Html Codes Blog — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:14:13 +0000

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