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Most social media operations of campaigns seem to have some kind of hashtag at the ready. The same can be said of some political operations, whether it's a campaign or a party's leadership in Congress. The Obama Administration has been pretty thorough in making a Hashtag for some of its pushes for particular bills/policies. Haven't noticed Romney campaign hashtags, but I haven't looked. That said, I think #Romneyshambles is a bit too clever for the campaigns. Someone (more likely a few someones) probably appropriated it from the coverage of the Governor's comments on the London Olympics preparation. I also have no idea how effective hashtags might be in communicating a political campaign's message. David ________________________________ From: PGage <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 2:11 AM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Hashtag Politics Thanks to both Kevin and Wesley for this. Does this mean it might be possible for either presidential campaign to pay for a promoted hashtag? Is it possible that the Obama Campaign, or some affiliated group, paid for the current Romeny tag that seems to be so popular? <wait, going to check something> I see on the Twitter right now the top hastag under trends is something to do with Nike, and there is an arrow followed by the word "promoted". That suggests that even if a political campaign could pay for a hashtag, we would know that they (or at least, somebody) paid for it - assuming it is a requirement that the promotion be disclosed? -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
