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Feb 7 2008

John McCain & Ron Paul Are Spamming twitter

Tags: whateva

Now it’s going too far.  If presidential candidates have time to use twitter instead of managing their campaigns then we’re in deep doodoo.  Just kidding, I know it really wasn’t them, but I do know what it really was.

My first encounter with twitter spam!

This is spam.  Simple as that.  These are politicians in the middle of a public support build-up.  Ron Paul could give 2 craps less about my SEO skills.  John McCain doesn’t care about my twittters at 4 in the morning dying for stronger coffee.  This. Is. Spam.  I went into twitter, and blocked them out.  Sorry guys, but I get online to avoid your crap on TV, the radio and the newspaper.  Let me have my little corner of the net politicking free.

My name is Matt Webb, and I do NOT endorse this spam.  Thank you.

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3 Responses to “John McCain & Ron Paul Are Spamming twitter”

1. gRegor Says:
   February 7th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

   Neither are official campaign accounts, actually. I don’t think there is one for John Mccain, but Ron Paul’s is @RonPaul2008 and it’s followed a whopping zero twitterers.

   Anything else is probably just a supporter, or possibly a spammer using the name for hits.

2. Matt Webb Says:
   February 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

   Yea kinda figured that.. but man its still kinda annoying lol

   The name for hits thing would definitely make sense.

3. I saw the Rise of blogs during 2004 Says:
   February 7th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

   I didn’t know what blogs where prior to the 2004 campaign. With out those witty bloggsters making it into main stream media I may have never realized the value in blogging or social media.

   As a politco myself I know the real value in Political blogging. But as a Web person I sure hate spam. No matter where I go there is some type of spam. I can’t say a whole lot I was once that kid who knocked on your door to drop of literature for someone you would hate because you knew we were going to come back at least 8 more times before the election.

   Not get into organizing techniques, which are a lot like spam, it takes 8 door front drops 30 phone calls about hundred other things to get your vote. I wonder how much spam would get a vote?

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