But that's like saying "if people wanted to vote, they'd vote" ... which is true of course, but what are the statistics on how many eligible Americans actually vote? Of those people, how many actually take the time to go out and thoroughly research the candidates? As much as I hate to make a sweeping generalization... there is a pretty significant percentage of the population (and I'll include myself in this... I'm not nearly as educated when it comes to politics as many on this list) that aren't going to proactively make the effort. They're not sitting there asking themselves, "hmm... I wonder what the President-Elect thinks. let me go check out whitehouse.gov and find out." But they *are* hitting youtube to catch the latest mentos-in-dietcoke experiment video. And while they're there, if they happen to stumble upon a video by the President-Elect, I think they'd be more apt to check it out.
Really, it comes down to... where's the most/best exposure? Whitehouse.gov or Youtube.com? If you agree that in general, the answer is the latter... why would you post to the former? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If people wanted to hear him they would. If they thought what he said > was important they'd link to it, and email it. > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Charlie Griefer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > True, no doubt. > > But if his goal is to reach the biggest audience, youtube has a bigger > > audience than whitehouse.gov does. I think it's a pretty cool idea, if > only > > to show that he's willing to use the "right tool" for the job (again, > > assuming the goal of the 'job' is to reach the biggest # of people). > > > > Joe Average isn't going to see the videos on whitehouse.gov (maybe > > whitehouse.com) :) But he/she will have a better likelihood of seeing > it on > > youtube. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
