Comments on: Politics 2.0? Are Canadian politicians using Web 2.0 the right way? http://hummingbird604.com/2008/09/12/politics-20-are-canadian-politicians-using-web-20-the-right-way/ The random thoughts of a specialist in environmental issues. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:10:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mary-Doug Wright http://hummingbird604.com/2008/09/12/politics-20-are-canadian-politicians-using-web-20-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Mary-Doug Wright Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:06:55 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1908#comment-2935 I've been looking for presence of Canadian politicians and government agencies on Twitter for an article I'm writing with a colleague, and it's a very sparse landscape. I see, though, that someone must have relayed your message to Elizabeth May, as she is now tweeting and following her followers - social media getting the message across! I’ve been looking for presence of Canadian politicians and government agencies on Twitter for an article I’m writing with a colleague, and it’s a very sparse landscape. I see, though, that someone must have relayed your message to Elizabeth May, as she is now tweeting and following her followers – social media getting the message across!

]]> By: Barbara Doduk http://hummingbird604.com/2008/09/12/politics-20-are-canadian-politicians-using-web-20-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2089 Barbara Doduk Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:35:31 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1908#comment-2089 Again, I deleted my Twitter, I just do not have the time to sit and chat online, and Twitter is pretty much like a public GTalk (AIM, YAHOO, Messenger etc...) except you get to watch conversations that you do not partake in, and read what everyone is saying on a public wall, actually it is sorta like a merge of a message board community with a chat room program or something. I lost interest in that years ago, because again, I just don't have time to spend on socializing. I respect a lot of businesses and political people etc need to market themselves and use these social communities to do that. Like Tyler suggests, in a lot of cases it is not the actual individual unless you are talking to Wil Wheaton. Again, I deleted my Twitter, I just do not have the time to sit and chat online, and Twitter is pretty much like a public GTalk (AIM, YAHOO, Messenger etc…) except you get to watch conversations that you do not partake in, and read what everyone is saying on a public wall, actually it is sorta like a merge of a message board community with a chat room program or something. I lost interest in that years ago, because again, I just don’t have time to spend on socializing. I respect a lot of businesses and political people etc need to market themselves and use these social communities to do that. Like Tyler suggests, in a lot of cases it is not the actual individual unless you are talking to Wil Wheaton.

]]> By: Alfred Hermida http://hummingbird604.com/2008/09/12/politics-20-are-canadian-politicians-using-web-20-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 Alfred Hermida Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:54:10 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1908#comment-2088 I have noticed through the UBC J-school social media election aggregator, http://netprimeminister.ca/, a lot of party messages on blogs, Twitter and Flickr. I have noticed through the UBC J-school social media election aggregator, http://netprimeminister.ca/, a lot of party messages on blogs, Twitter and Flickr.

]]> By: Tyler Ingram http://hummingbird604.com/2008/09/12/politics-20-are-canadian-politicians-using-web-20-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 Tyler Ingram Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:32:16 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1908#comment-2087 You realize that the 'politicians' could be fake people trying to create hype right? Do people like Stephen Harper or Barack Obama really have time to use Twitter? Sure Twitter is 140 characters and can be used easily but do they _really_ use it? I don't follow politics so I don't really know but if could be someone in their party that uses the account for them. I find that people like this are just jumping on the band-wagon and using it for a popularity contest. We all use twitter for the way it was intended right? To interact with people of like mind, industry etc. With 30,000+ people following you and them all sending you @replies wouldn't that horribly spam you to death? It's like email and sending email to bgates@apple.com, bill.gates@apple.com or whatever. He doesn't answer his email he has a group of people do it for him right? You realize that the ‘politicians’ could be fake people trying to create hype right?

Do people like Stephen Harper or Barack Obama really have time to use Twitter? Sure Twitter is 140 characters and can be used easily but do they _really_ use it? I don’t follow politics so I don’t really know but if could be someone in their party that uses the account for them.

I find that people like this are just jumping on the band-wagon and using it for a popularity contest. We all use twitter for the way it was intended right? To interact with people of like mind, industry etc.

With 30,000+ people following you and them all sending you @replies wouldn’t that horribly spam you to death?

It’s like email and sending email to bgates@apple.com, bill.gates@apple.com or whatever. He doesn’t answer his email he has a group of people do it for him right?

]]> By: buzz bishop http://hummingbird604.com/2008/09/12/politics-20-are-canadian-politicians-using-web-20-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 buzz bishop Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:30:45 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1908#comment-2086 The conversation is key. I tweeted at Gilles Duceppe this week about him only tweeting in French. He responded, and is now doing it in both languages. As much as I hate his separatist agenda he (or his handlers) have risen in my books. Duceppe's use of twitter facilitates a conversation, not a broadcast. You can see the conversation here: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=buzzbishop+%40gillesduceppe The conversation is key. I tweeted at Gilles Duceppe this week about him only tweeting in French.

He responded, and is now doing it in both languages. As much as I hate his separatist agenda he (or his handlers) have risen in my books.

Duceppe’s use of twitter facilitates a conversation, not a broadcast.

You can see the conversation here:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=buzzbishop+%40gillesduceppe

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