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Well, they’ve done it.
The fastest growing Facebook group ever has reached its goal of 1,000,000 members in nine days. I must admit, I joined this group relatively shortly after its creation, coming in at number 22,436. I never would have thought that in just over a week, one million Gen Y’ers would be able to assemble for any cause, let alone in support of a presidential candidate, and apparently neither did anyone else.
This leads me to wonder, though. If a cable television host can rally the support of such a massive number of Facebook users to vote for him in such a brief period of time with no campaign marketing budget and no door-to-door canvassing, why are 40% of this one million not yet registered to vote?. Are we to believe that Gen Y has come to its senses that suffrage is the “reason†why US troops are in Iraq? Does this signify a sudden surge in interest in the 2008 election? Is this Facebook group indicative of next year’s “Get Out The Vote†campaign figures?
Probably not. Diddy’s Vote or Die campaign turned out to be all sizzle and no steak, and Colbert’s presidential aspirations will likely fizzle out by election time. As is evidenced by another Facebook group, “I watch Comedy Central for my news and Fox News for my Comedyâ€, this politically inactive and seemingly apathetic demographic is just going through the motions of showing their support for a candidate, but then again, no one believed that Colbert could muster this massive outpouring of support in a week.
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Hey Nick - while I agree it is impressive I also think the underlining support for the cause was secondary to the excitement of reaching the goal. I joined at the 989,976 point last night and then watch as the wall postings flashed by. I was actually kinda fun to see how many people wanted an add or a poke or declared their luv for Raj, (I will admit to wasting an hour hitting refresh). For me as a Gen-X Canadian it was about looking at the power of a network and feeling of being connected through a common thread. As for the 989,975 before me well they may have had a more serious reason - for me it was because it was Colbert - and because it was neat.
Hope the west coast is treating you well.
Cheers - Eric
Hey Nick - while I agree it is impressive I also think the underlining support for the cause was secondary to the excitement of reaching the goal. I joined at the 989,976 point last night and then watch as the wall postings flashed by. I was actually kinda fun to see how many people wanted an add or a poke or declared their luv for Raj, (I will admit to wasting an hour hitting refresh). For me as a Gen-X Canadian it was about looking at the power of a network and feeling of being connected through a common thread. As for the 989,975 before me well they may have had a more serious reason - for me it was because it was Colbert - and because it was neat.
Hope the west coast is treating you well.
Cheers - Eric
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Unfortunately, joining Facebook groups is just about all you can get this demo to do.
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Unfortunately, joining Facebook groups is just about all you can get this demo to do.
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Joining a group on Facebook doesn’t mean we support anything. It means we like a good joke, and will take 2 seconds to confirm our membership to a group we’ll never look at after a day or so. It’s ridiculous to assume that joining a group actually means a vote of support.
There’s a big difference between the action required to help a campaign and the superfluous nature of political Facebook groups.
Joining a group on Facebook doesn’t mean we support anything. It means we like a good joke, and will take 2 seconds to confirm our membership to a group we’ll never look at after a day or so. It’s ridiculous to assume that joining a group actually means a vote of support.
There’s a big difference between the action required to help a campaign and the superfluous nature of political Facebook groups.
It would be nice if you actually linked to that group…
It would be nice if you actually linked to that group…
Btw, the group has registered over 4,000 Facebook users in a span of six days (actually, up to 5,100 now): http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/10/30/172215/51
Btw, the group has registered over 4,000 Facebook users in a span of six days (actually, up to 5,100 now): http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/10/30/172215/51
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