Friendster, an unlikely internet election campaign arena
Posted Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 1:06 am by Abe Olandres
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It didn’t really crossed my mind, but a recent story from GMA News mentioned the use of Friendster as one of the internet marketing tools used by senatorial candidates Chiz Escudero and Lieutenant Antonio Trillanes IV. (Just look at how cheesy Chiz’s Friester account is!)
But actually it made sense. Friendster is probably the most widely visited site by Filipinos with over 5 Million users (that’s way back in January 2006). It’s a social website and since the election is all about socializing with the electorate, the candidates are right smack in the middle of millions of potential voters. In exchange for candidates knocking on your door and shaking hands with you, you get a Friendster invite instead.
Now you can say you’re friends with a senator. *heh* If Chiz’s total number of friends is any indication of the number of votes he’ll get thru internet campaign, then he’s already counting 311.
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Hi. You’re invited to attend the 14 hour internet marketing hands on workshop at the Mall of Asia on March 28-29,2008.
Details at http://internetmarketingphilippines.blogspot.com.
-Marie for Jomar Hilario
hahaha…alam ko yan…sa bayan ko sa quezon ininvite nya muna lahat ng nagfrefriendster na taga amin..mga 6 months bago mag election…lagi muna siyang nagpopost ng mga bible quotes,inspirational. bla bla..tapos pic nya sa simbahan………tapos ngayon election na naging vote for me yung dating pa wise wise words ya..hahaha
[...] you, you get a Friendster invite instead. Now you can say you’re friends with a senator”. pinoytechblog.com: Friendster, an unlikely internet election campaign [...]
I don’t think it’s really Chiz who manages his own account. If he sends me a birthday greeting, I might believe =)
There are other ways of campaigning online. I blogged it here:
http://www.maranan.us/archives/bringing-campaigns-online/
[...] bloggers have also been talking about the possible impact of online tools. Here’s Abe Olandres’ entry, which references a GMANews.tv [...]
I will definitely vote for Chiz Escudero!
yup. may wikipedia na sya. and a website too. ung target nya kasi is the youth. pero people on friendster are potential votes too. but parang corny naman yung pag gawa ng friendster account. and if may blog naman sya, hope this will continue even after the election.
How about Wikipedia? hehehe
Read it in Inquirer that some are using Wikipedia.
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