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The White House Gets A MySpace Page To Show Off Obama’s Hoop Skills
TechCrunch —
... . It is spare and tasteful and doesn’t say MySpace anywhere on the page, unlike the White House page on Facebook which is clearly a Facebook page. The page is dominated by the most recent White House blog post, which currently features a YouTube video of Obama shooting hoops with the UCONN Huskies women’s basketball champs. Every time he shoots, he gets nothing but net, while some of the girls choke. (Maybe they were a little nervous playing against the President of the United States). ...
Meet White House 2.0, same as White House 1.0 (but on Twitter!)
VentureBeat —
The White House blog today announced some new online initiatives that are part of President Barack Obama’s promise to “reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative.” And what do these bold new plans for “White House 2.0″ (the title of the blog post) entail? Basically, creating accounts on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.
Now, I certainly think creating an administration presence on all these social networking services is a great idea, but there’s nothing there yet worth getting too excited ...
The White House's Latest Web 2.0 Push
paidContent —
The White House plunged deeper into the world of social networking Friday, creating profiles on MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook. The new accounts join existing White House ones on Flickr and YouTube. A quick glance at the profiles shows that they mostly just link to or copy entries on the existing WhiteHouse.gov blog, but they welcome comments and are quickly gathering thousands of fans.
Earlier this week, the General Services Administration reached agreements with several social-networking sites that resolve ...
Twitter Is Giving Facebook an Inferiority Complex [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... You may have seen that the White House has created an official page on Facebook. This was done in parallel with official presences on MySpace and Twitter, which makes for an interesting case study in distribution. Check the scoreboard at ~1:40pm PDT - Facebook (31,281 fans), ...
White House Joins MySpace, Twitter and Facebook
Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere —
The White House blogged today about the launch of MySpace, Twitter and Facebook accounts for the White House. The White House says most of the content will come from the White House RSS feed but they do want to hear from followers. The blog posts says, "The WhiteHouse blog (RSS) will power a lot of the content in these networks, but we're looking forward to hearing from our fans, friends and followers."
Here are the new White House accounts:
Facebook.com/WhiteHouse
MySpace.com/WhiteHouse
Twitter.com/WhiteHouse
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WhiteHouse 2.0: The Future Of Propaganda?
Podcasting News —
... networking.
In a post at the official White House Blog, The White House called its approach to the Internet WhiteHouse 2.0, noting its extensive new media and social media presence.
According to The White House, “WhiteHouse.gov is an important part of the Administration’s effort to use the internet to reach the public quickly and effectively – but it isn’t the only place.”
You can now find the White House all over the Web:
Facebook.com/WhiteHouse
MySpace.com/WhiteHouse ...
White House Now on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter
Today @ PC World —
twitter white house The White House this weekend opened a variety of social networking sites, including Facebook , MySpace and Twitter accounts, presumably in an effort to show that just because he sits in the Oval Office, doesn't make our current tech-savvy president less cool. After eight years of relative opacity, this Web 2.0 version of the government comes as a welcome burst of fresh air and transparency. These new social networking memberships join the growing list of Web 2.0 initiatives President Obama's White House has adopted since taking ...
Should the White House be a Place for Friends?
Bits —
Last week, President Obama extended his use of social media sites, a trademark feature of his campaign, into the White House, setting up on MySpace , Facebook , Twitter and Flickr . The president, of course, has had an official blog , and he has been posting White House video on YouTube and other video sites. The administration says its use of these social networks represents part of its effort to make government more open and accountable. Indeed, the General Services Administration has established special deals with a group of social media sites meant to allow any ...
White House Launches New Facebook Profile to Increase Transparency
Inside Facebook —
... to organize supporters and raise money. Recently, however, the President has refashioned his Facebook presence to highlight his efforts to govern and drive policy changes in Washington with the launch of the White House public profile. ...
White House Social Media Initiatives: Are They Doing It Wrong?
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
The White House recently launched membership in three of the most popular social media sites: Facebook.com/Whitehouse, MySpace.com/whitehouse and Twitter.com/whitehouse. The White House initiatives highlight ongoing questions about government use of social media: Is citizens' privacy protected? Is it appropriate? Is it effective?
10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media
Mashable! —
... first 100 days, the Obama administration has managed to set the historic benchmark for government transparency and accountability. The President’s virtual town hall meeting used WhiteHouse.gov to crowdsource questions from his 300 million constituents, complete with voting to determine the ones he’d have to answer. All told, 97,937 people submitted 103,978 questions and cast 1,782,650 votes.
The White House continues to raise the bar with its official Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter channels. In so doing President ...
Government Reportedly Storing Comments on Social Networking Pages
Switched —
... , the monitoring of the sites is being carried out by a private contractor. Hopefully, some form of congressional oversight committee will be created and more details will emerge soon. Until then, stay tuned, and watch what you say on that White House page. [From: ...
