Reply #171: "Social Networking" is like Amway ....

[Techn0Girl]

It's a Ponzi pyramid scheme and only the people at the top - who sell advertising - actually benefit. Anyone who really believes that hey have 500 MySpace friends isn't really participating in political discourse. Myspace is mostly a place for bad bands with even worse web pages.

DU IS social media for those who actually have something to say. There is no need for anyone here to go to MySpace. Anyone really interested in political discussion will go to places like DU.

You keep claiming that right wing groups have "control of the message" but I have not seen anything to really back that up. Rather, instead this election was won by the Obama's campaign's use of the internet to create their own specialized site that brought people together. It wasn't Myspace that won this election - it was the Obama for America web site. There is no reason to believe that right wing groups are in any way experienced with regards to the internet and every reason to believe otherwise.

I am not saying that one should discount the Internet for bringing people together and getting the message out, rather I am saying that places like MySpace , Twitter and Facebook are all Corporate B.S who's only purpose is to get Unthinking Tools to buy more crap.

That's why OFA didn't really use any of the above - they built their own site.




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