I'm old too... but the numbers don't lie. Which site gets more traffic? This isn't about Obama being "The One" (for me, at least). If it were McCain as the winner doing the same thing, I'd think it was a good idea. A way to reach the masses and get the message out.
I'm not making commentary on the message itself. Just the means. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm old. Does youtube really work that way? People hang out waiting > and watching whatever's posted? > > I thought most hits came from recommendations and since most people > think Obama is the One they'd gather the family around whitehouse.gov > Saturday morning and watch anyway. Maybe he'll switch it to Sunday:) > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Charlie Griefer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:280561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
