Twits on Twitter
I wondered to myself why Davie Burris shut down another blog, daveburris.com, and went to a whole new direction.
Hey there! daveburris is using Twitter.
And then, over at Ars Techinca (a total geek site), I read Reinventing conservatism, one tweet at a time and I understand why.
Much of this effort, in light of the Obama campaign’s much ballyhooed online operation, has focused on closing the technology gap with the left, and getting conservative candidates and activists to make better use of new media.
Two major Radical Right Twitter sites are Rebuild The Party and Top Conservatives on Twitter. Great, the Radical Right was not content with destroying the economy, the enviornment, international relations, the auto industry, Wall Street, the housing market, New Orleans, eastern Tennessee, Iraq and the US government, they have now set their sights on the internet. They call this the Sidam Touch — when everything you touch breaks.
Tags: Radical Right
What does twitr do anyway? I mean is it a blog or just an even more pure form of thought diarrhea?
Thought diarrhea.
Twitter has a place, but I don’t think it should replace longer-form blogging. I think it provides a useful tool to use in conjunction with blogging.
One of the technologists that I respect most out there (Matt Haughey) offered, as one of his resolutions this New Year, that he would try to not let twitter steal all of his blog post ideas. I’ve noticed that tendency myself.
Twitter is a great way to get one thought out quickly, or point (mostly without comment) to something but it doesn’t allow for expansion on a theme and it limits feedback.
That said, I love twitter!
Blogging (and twittering) is only a tool for organizing people. It doesn’t change the fact that Republicans have old, busted ideas.
Twitter – is that some kind of a gay thing?
WDEL has had a Twitter feed going for months. http://twitter.com/wdel
At least the Radical Right was smart enough not to suggest venturing into Internet radio.
*rimshot*
That was an interesting article. And its author is quite right about not fetishizing the tools at the expense of a message (and governing philosophy) that will not only turn out your base but also persuade moderates. In many ways this reminds me of the argument 4 years ago that Dems had to get religion and Southern candidates to win back governing majorities. That turned out to be quite wrong as the rapidly failing conservative ideology undermined repubs at every turn AND gave the Democratic wing of the Democratic party its best chance since Clinton to pitch its message. The tools don’t mean much if you aren’t saying anything people are interested in.