Comments on: Everything I needed to Know About Politics I Learned from Facebook http://technosailor.com/2007/04/18/everything-i-needed-to-know-about-politics-i-learned-from-facebook/ Business and Technology with Common Sense Wed, 23 May 2012 22:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20841 By: Travis Seitler http://technosailor.com/2007/04/18/everything-i-needed-to-know-about-politics-i-learned-from-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-42320 Travis Seitler Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:53:43 +0000 http://technosailor.com/everything-i-needed-to-know-about-politics-i-learned-from-facebook/#comment-42320 I think you're right, but it's not just a matter of candidates moving away from "speeches" in their online communication. Another thing is that this generation is more picky about what they put their time and energy into: if a candidate's platform doesn't really "resonate" with us, it doesn't matter that he's the lesser of 2, 3 or 13 evils--we still won't bother to actually go and vote for him. It's the Long Tail theory applied to politics: we're a generation growing increasingly accustomed to being picky and choosy, and we don't want to compromise anymore. I'd say "third parties" will be growing as more and more people in my generation grow tired of the tepid blandness of the Democratic and Republican parties. I think you’re right, but it’s not just a matter of candidates moving away from “speeches” in their online communication. Another thing is that this generation is more picky about what they put their time and energy into: if a candidate’s platform doesn’t really “resonate” with us, it doesn’t matter that he’s the lesser of 2, 3 or 13 evils–we still won’t bother to actually go and vote for him.

It’s the Long Tail theory applied to politics: we’re a generation growing increasingly accustomed to being picky and choosy, and we don’t want to compromise anymore. I’d say “third parties” will be growing as more and more people in my generation grow tired of the tepid blandness of the Democratic and Republican parties.

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