An Easy Proposition: ENSURING SOCIAL MEDIA HYPERLINKS
I love that we have such an amazing and active group of politically engaged and motivated readers and activists. I’m hoping we might better be able to profile our supported challengers by being more express about DailyKos candidates in the digital realm.
Take, for example, this article written by Alexandra Arriaga about Esmeralda Soria, a democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Jim Costa in California’s CD16. It’s a great piece which contains a link to a tweet by Soria.
My suggestion is that DailyKos might have an editor who is just hyperlinking a tiny side-text-box for easier reader engagement for each supported/endorsed candidate’s social media websites. It was great that a tweet was included, but if it weren’t perhaps we would have missed the opportunity to support an ally just by a simple click.
I propose DailyKos set aside a text-box called a ‘SOCIAL MEDIA’ that has just the candidate’s Social Media on tiny clickable icons for Facebook, Twitter, and Official campaigning website and Instagram account (none identified) if applicable. If we can get this information out faster and make it more accessible, we might even be able to really bridge the digital divide for the less savvy (some, but not all Boomers, for example).
Also, once it’s created for one candidate, perhaps there’s a way to link it to make it easier for other users to access it doesn’t require reinventing the wheel.
Anyhow, is this too simple or too big of an ask? Any other thoughts? It’s the first time I’ve posted despite being a lonnnnnnng-time reader and participant. I love this site and everything we’ve been able to accomplish using it.
Here come the comments-
Thanks,
Boyo