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p2p-politics goes live

October 18, 2004 6:53 AM - comments (8)

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p2p-politics.org went live this morning. This was an idea a couple of us had last week. I blogged for a web designer on Thursday. J Christopher Garcia was among the first. Aaron did the backend design.

The idea is simple: Send a message. There is a pile of clips to select among. Select some that best express a point you think a friend should hear. Put the friends address into the email box. Add some text yourself. Click send. Your friend will receive an email, with links back to the clips, and also an invitation to do the same to someone else. Anyone can upload relevant content to the site, though for obvious copyright and other reasons, all entries must be reviewed before going live.

MoveOn was able to give us the initial content -- 150 ads from the BushIn30Seconds contest. The Kerry campaign has added some of its own. I've invited, through a number of channels, the Bush campaign to add something. No reply yet.

The Internet Archive is hosting the content under a Creative Commons license. Thanks to Brewster, J Christopher, and Aaron for pulling this together so amazingly quickly.

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Comments (8)

October 18, 2004 8:13 AM Curtis:

So, how come there's no category for the Libertarian Party candidate, Michael Badnarik? Was the LP even contacted, or were they just overlooked? As I'm sure you know, Badnarik is on more state ballots than Nader is, and he's polling higher than Nader in several states. And since I'm asking, what about the Green and Constitution parties, each of which also are on enough state ballots to win (theoretically)?

Also, I can't find anyplace on the site to send feedback about the site (suggested improvements, or comments such as the one I've made above).

Thanks,
Curtis.

October 18, 2004 9:09 AM Aaron Swartz:

We have not received any ads from Badnarik or other candidates, but you're welcome to submit some. There is a comment link at the very bottom of the about page.

October 18, 2004 9:10 AM Aaron Swartz:

Peroutka ads are also welcome.

October 18, 2004 11:26 AM B.K. DeLong:

How about RSS/Atom feeds to tell us when a new ad for a particular candidate or any candidates are added?

October 18, 2004 1:01 PM Matt Stoller:

527s cannot upload their ads because their ads are not supposed to be supporting a specific candidate. You need to create categorization that allows for the promotion of parties or get around this issue somehow.

October 18, 2004 3:06 PM Ilias:

Republicans are already starting their vote-manipulation shenanigans:

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/special_packages/election2004/9951952.htm

October 18, 2004 5:02 PM Aaron Swartz:

Matt, you don't have to choose a category to submit an ad. We'll create more categories as needed.

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