Hacking Digg for Ron Paul

Isn't it annoying when a "digger" on digg digs a web page and uses a horrible headline?  Well, I've found out how you can counter that by submitting the same URL with a small hack to get the same page on the site with a better headline.  I did this while trying to chime in on the digg fray around Republican 2008 US Presidential hopeful Ron Paul....

Top 5 Reasons Why Presidential Candidates Should Use MySpace

Many of the major American presidential candidates have MySpace profiles, and I think that is a great way to connect with the younger and/or tech savvy crowd.  Below is a snarky list of reasons why politicians should join social networks like MySpace.  I don't mean to discourage the candidates from using the site,...

You Can’t Stop Ron Paul, You Can Only Hope to Contain Him

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about the efforts of supporters of Ron Paul to promote Paul-related news articles to the Digg homepage. Along similar lines, there was a story yesterday on ABCNews.com about a resounding Paul victory in an online poll that asked who won the recent Republican debate....

The Case for Supporter Control of MySpace

If our poll is any indication, there really isn’t any consensus on whether political candidates should maintain official MySpace presences or let supporters lead the way. I tried to make the case for official presences a few days back.

E.M. Zanotti has a great post arguing the other side. ...

Online Venom or Vibrant speech?

Washington Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell did a hit job in her column today on the Post’s decision to allow comments on all articles. Here are the first few paragraphs, which pretty clearly demonstrate her attitude:

Not so long ago, the only way to talk back to The Post was to write a civil letter to the editor,...