Political Blog Creates a Sense of Community
via Lessig blog
Very, very interesting interview with Joe Trippi, Howard Dean’s campaign manager.
The response we are getting and the ideas that come off of it are just amazing. The comments section is just such an amazing thing. Little things you never would have thought of
All this is happening in the space of an hour.
I guess it’s about as open as you can do it in modern-day politics.
Well, there’s a real connectivity being created. There is no way you would be able to get these ideas. So many of the ideas that we’re building the campaign around are coming from people who there would be no real way for us to communicate with directly.
All blogs are important because of the point of view of the world or insight that you get if you become a regular reader on an issue that you care about.
And we know immediately when we do something wrong.
But I think more importantly, there’s a sense of community that forms around the blog.
I really believe that there’s a deeper connection on the blog for the exchange of ideas than I think you get over television or just a flat website.
But the blog has been amazing. We just learn so much and get so many good ideas about how to move forward.
Every day, day-in and day-out, you go over there, you can check what’s going on, and you get that human feeling for the people who make up this campaign.
All of the excerpts above testify to the power of blogging. It sounds like us talking about our educational blogs!
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