The Social (Media) Revolution We Just Saw In Egypt

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Saturday February 12, 2011 · 8:06 AM PST

2011/02/12 · 08:06

Democracy may have broken out in Egypt today.

Only time will tell how the Egyptian military and establishment negotiates with this bold participant who thrust itself into power this morning: the Egyptian people.

I’ve read about the spreading uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and now Syria and Yemen, and it reminds me of the heady days when, starting with Poland, the eastern block of nations overthrew totalitarian Communist governments peacefully.

A great song of the day said: “right here, right now—watching the world wake up from history.”

What’s amazing to hear about is the role social media and mobile communications have played in getting this peaceful revolution started and holding it together for the several weeks it took to convince Mubarak to resign.

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Tuesday January 06, 2009 · 12:32 PM PST

2009/01/06 · 12:32

Norm Coleman will make an announcement at the top of the hour about his plans. Increasing speculation that he will concede, both to keep from tarnishing his name (further) so he can ran later, and to avoid the big cost of continuing the legal fight. As always, follow the press conference live on the Uptake.org

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 7:10 AM PDT

2008/10/05 · 07:10

The Minnesota Poll, sponsored by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, reports this morning that the Presidential race is a race no more. Barack Obama leads 55%-37%!

Kos wrote yesterday about the disturbing trend line in Minnesota, but it's important to call out the role that SurveyUSA played in that perception. SurveyUSA was retained by KSTP-TV, the local ABC affilliate in St. Paul, which is owned by the Hubbard family, long-time Republican supporters.

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 5:50 AM PDT

2008/09/16 · 05:50

Yesterday I posted a diary entitled, "Dow Falls 504 points -- worst day since 2001."

I went on to offer some research and my two cents about the four great problems that will have to be solved before America's economy can move forward:

Our Mortgage crisis

Our Energy crisis

Our Globalization crisis

Our Education crisis

You can argue that my opinions aren't worth hearing, but you can't argue that these aren't crucial issues to be debating 50 days before the general election.

Can I ask all of us to stop for one minute and look at a fair sample of the recommended diaries on Daily Kos from yesterday?

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 2:48 PM PDT

2008/09/15 · 14:48

The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 504 points today, the worst performance since the 9/11 attacks which began the last recession in 2001.

Unfortunately the "bubble" that's breaking isn't high tech stocks, it's people's homes. It's people getting thrown out of their homes. It's the people losing the only retirement equity that so many of us have--myself included.

Does this mean we need fundamental change in American society and how our economy is run? You bet.

What is that change? It's not solving one problem. It will mean the country coming around to long-term solutions to four massive problems:

rohnjaymiller

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 2:05 PM PDT

2008/09/14 · 14:05

As many as 300,000 military voters will not get the opportunity to vote by absentee ballot because the process of getting ballots into their hands and then back home to be counted is choked in bureaucratic paperwork. Not only is the military under-staffed to handle the issue, the states each impose their voting rules and restrictions.

Something as simple as allowing absentee ballots to be e-mailed to the troops would help cut the number of our soldiers who are dis-enfranchised.

The Pew Center for the States initiative called "Democracy at a Distance" will hold a conference beginning tomorrow in Washington DC intended to focus attention--and perhaps actually get results--to solve this problem.

We send our soliders to fight and sometimes die for our freedom. How can we deny them the right to vote because it's inconvenient to process?

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Monday May 26, 2008 · 3:48 PM PDT

2008/05/26 · 15:48

Wacky video clip of McCain being interviewed in 2004 by Jim Lehrer in which he says:

"Well, in 2004, I expect to be campaigning for the reelection of President George W. Bush, and by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there."

Lehrer 2004 interview with McCain clip

Not a bad idea. Perhaps he can make the move in December...

NEW POLL: How often do you visit?

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Sunday May 18, 2008 · 8:48 AM PDT

2008/05/18 · 08:48

Some of you saw my post yesterday about who visits Daily Kos. I know we've done some data polls on "Demographic Tuesdays," but I thought I'd stick this poll out regarding how frequently people visit DailyKos.

While doing my job as an internet strategist, I found some market research on the visitors to DailyKos.

One stat that jumped out is that 19% of us visit 30+ times a month, comprising 80% of the visits---truly an example of the "80/20" rule.

I confess I'm here 3+ times a day during this campaign season.

How about you?

Poll

336 votes Show Results

How often do you visit Dailykos.com?

336 votes Vote Now!

How often do you visit Dailykos.com?

Just passing by

3 votes

A couple of times a month

0 votes

Okay, several times I week

7 votes

All right, I admit, it's daily!

169 votes

Who leaves? I just flip back every few minutes

157 votes

DAILY KOS: Here's some research on who visits this site

rohnjaymiller

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Saturday May 17, 2008 · 3:28 PM PDT

2008/05/17 · 15:28

I'm an Internet strategist for a firm in NYC, and a long-time web wonk.

Recently I've been doing research on social networks and community sites, and as I pulled market research on sites like Salon.com and Nature.com, I also pulled some research on Dailykos.com, just out of curiosity.

Here's a summary of some of what I found. It's survey research, so I don't vouch for it's accuracy, but I've found it to be generally true about most Websites I research.

Most of it really shows the power of Dailykos, but a few things to me are mind-boggling.

Traffic has almost doubled this year since 2007--hey, no shock there, right?--but are 60% of us over the age of 55? Here's more:

Poll

1011 votes Show Results

My driver's license says that I'm:

1011 votes Vote Now!

My driver's license says that I'm:

18-24 years of age

76 votes

25-34

155 votes

35-44

208 votes

45-54

273 votes

55-64

233 votes

65+

66 votes

Why Tim Pawlenty can't carry Minnesota for McCain

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 6:38 AM PDT

2008/05/09 · 06:38

The Washington Post--among others---has Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty at the top of the prospective Vice Presidents for John McCain. Pawlenty is a Midwest Governor, 47 years old, well liked by both economic and social conservatives, just re-elected in a supposed "battleground" state where the Republican convention will be held this summer (at St. Paul's Ecel Center.)

But here's three reasons why nominating Tim Pawlenty would be a good thing for Democrats, and why Tim Pawlenty can't deliver Minnesota to McCain in the Fall:

Poll

79 votes Show Results

Who will be McCain's running mate?

79 votes Vote Now!

Who will be McCain's running mate?

Tim Pawlenty

10 votes

Rob Portman

5 votes

Charlie Crist

11 votes

Mitt Romney

11 votes

Former FEMA director Michael Brown

3 votes

Larry Craig

8 votes

Bill O'Reilly

5 votes

Who cares?

26 votes

AP Shows Off The Sleezy Link Between Reporters and Opposition Researchers

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Saturday May 03, 2008 · 11:27 AM PDT

2008/05/03 · 11:27

Yesterday Patrick Condon, political reporter for the Associated Press (AP) wrote a puff piece on Michael Brodkorb, the blogger behind Minnesota Democrats Exposed, called "Republican blogger has Al Franken’s campaign reeling."
The piece points out the troubling relationship between opposition researchers—which Michael Brodkorb is—and reporters who re-write and publish their pre-packaged stories designed to embarrass the opposition, like the current hoopla about Al Franken straightening out his state taxes.

Articles like these are payback in the sleazy symbiosis between political opposition researchers—most of them highly paid operatives—and people who are supposed to be objective journalists.

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Sunday April 27, 2008 · 7:44 PM PDT

2008/04/27 · 19:44

Al Franken is fighting for the DFL (Democratic) nomination for the US Senate from Minnesota to meet Norm Coleman in the general election this Fall. Franken faces a challenge from progressive Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, a Peace and Justice professor from St. Thomas University in St. Paul. The battle between national commentator and university professor has brought out passionate arguments on both sides. I'm working for Al, and this why.

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