In the past moth, I’ve had two really interesting political debates on Facebook, reasoned, thoughtful discussions that I doubt I could have had in person. I’m convinced that there’s real value for Democrats in using Facebook, and thought I’d share some of my thoughts.
Who cares about FB? Well, I’d argue that we should. The latest stats show Facebook with more than 845 million users. While Facebook was around in 2008, many have joined since including – I bet -- the middle-aged moderate voters, the ones who voted for Obama in the last election but may not this time around. Now almost everyone is on it. My husband’s 85 year old great aunt is on it.
Note: There are plenty of Facebook haters and rejecters on this cite, but I’d rather you didn’t use this diary to say why you think Facebook is a complete waste of time.
So here are the pointers:
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