Pro-Choice Friendster
I got a shout out on this democratic blog–yeah me!
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Netroots activist comes out of the closet
by Stirling Newberry
On Friendster one of the largest single social networks is the pro-choice network. Recently the person running them decided to share her identity.
The next world of political organizing is in the person to person space - whether a replacement for meetup, or in the more creative use of sites like friendster - this allows organizations to reach out to real people who have expressed real interests and can build real bonds. In the flesh world someone like Debbie would be a ward captain, or an organizer for a city chapter. It’s just that her precincts are in the netropolis.
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More props for me: I was the first to use friendster as a political tool. As a result, friendster decided to have their first "fan of" profile feature, with GW and Kerry as celebs that friendsters can add to show support. Of course, Kerry had over 1300 friendsters and GW had 300… anyway… I have the most friendsters with 4 pro-choice profiles with each over 500 friendsters… if only they didn’t have friendster caps of 500 (somehow, I’m getting away with having 512, 503, on some of them). ANYWAY… PRO-CHOICE is also one of the most popular groups. of course, I tapped into the pro-choice profile friendster base of the 2000+ friends. Now there’s something like 760+ on the group. If I had more time I would organize the pro-choicers on myspace… they don’t have caps on their friends either!
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*PS* Alex… I know where you stand on choice. Blah blah blah… BABIES. if you want to talk about abortion, you know you can call me: 202-271-9301. But I know you DON’T like talking about it. You’re a hit a run debater… you throw out rhetoric and when it comes to actually flushing out a conversation about choice and you start getting uncomfortable, you’re all "DEBBIE I DON’T WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS ANYMORE!" This isnt’ the space for debate on choice. the issue is too complicated… you want a pro-choice debate, I can give you 5 websites to do it…
