How To Split An Atom - Latest Comments in Late Adopters

Re: Late Adopters

katieduffs — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:37:01 -0000

I’m really impressed with your article, that was exactly what I was looking for.. it was certainly a great read for me, I’ll be looking forward for more of your articles cause that’s one of the best I’ve read recently. Keep up the good work
Thank you

Re: Late Adopters

Bijou Argent Tibetain — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:36:30 -0000

Well it could be surprising to see no one taking any initiatives on Twitter. May be it’s a wait and see game on both sides.

Re: Late Adopters

Bijou Argent Tibetain — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:44:59 -0000

Seriously, I do not care about how my politician tries to reach out to me as long as they do their job right.
Now a days with politicians stooping so low to reach out to the common man (like having a beer and a barbeque with them), it looks like even a 5th grader would make a better president.

Re: Late Adopters

devilinthedetails — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:14:56 -0000

It could be content, but I would say that the Obama campaign has generated plenty of content (140 characters at a time), enough to get 30,000+ to follow their relatively pointless updates.

Slow adoption by politicians mirrors adoption for the rest of society, that's what confuses me, you would think that by embracing these technologies early they could develop a rapport with influential techies, which can add a lot of volume to their message.

Re: Late Adopters

devilinthedetails — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:12:32 -0000

What I think it shows is a fundamental lack of understanding on the part of political types of how to embrace openness. They live in a world of complete control, so the idea of opening up the windows of their lives gives them pause.

I guess what it comes down to is maximizing the spread of their message and identifying influencers in the demographic areas they target. When it comes down to it, politicians are little more than salespeople who are trying to sell themselves and I would think that engaging in a demo. that they need would make sense.

Re: Late Adopters

Porch Lifts — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:45:38 -0000

I am registered as unaffiliated, and I completely agree that there really isn't all that much different between the two main candidates. Unfortunately, and this is sadly usually the case, it comes down to choosing the lesser of two evils. In this case the lesser of two evils is blatantly obvious to me.

In regards to embracing technology, I think this is something all candidates should do. I have been impressed with Obama's keenness and ability to utilize the Internet, but there are still many things that he has not even touched on and there is room for much improvement.

I think, and admittedly my knowledge about Twitter is limited, that the lack of content is probably one of the reasons Twitter is not as quickly to be embraced by candidates. I imagine it could serve as a good place for traffic though and a way to show a personal side to the voters.

Re: Late Adopters

Andrew Cornett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:07:20 -0000

I would definitely like to see more members use new media tools, it's the ones that are usually less biased or influenced. It's really surprising that even someone like Al Gore who founded Current TV wasn't on Twitter.. But I'm sure it's just the waiting game right now like Gary V keeps saying.