Comments on: Hint to the Republican National Committee: You Might Want to Hire Someone To Monitor Your Facebook Page

By: Walker

Walker — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:47:37 +0000

Oh Will – that wasn't very nice.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:36 +0000

Fortunately, the lunacy seldom goes on at the county level, where people don't like Ron Paul (except he was right about the CPSIA, at least did not vote for it), believe that The One was born in the USA and really try to practice political conservatism. They spend their time recruiting people and getting ready for the next election. The look for candidate to support and try to encourage those in office to keep the faith. They are not afraid of calling out those RINO's, yet are willing to tread lightly around those conservative democrats.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:56 +0000

Of course that's what it is, Doug. But as someone who was once sympathetic to the Republican Party, I'd say it shows a lack of self-awareness on the darker, lunatic side of the netroots, just as the freaky Elders of Zion / diamond merchant / five percenter blog entry at "My Barack Obama" (linked above) shows something disturbing about Democratic netroots. Ideally, the parties would hire a person to manage this sort of thing who is a true believer, but also a person of technical competence, thoroughness, and possessing some level of judgment. If one allows users to put content on one's site, it isn't that hard to run a search periodically for images and words that are likely to connect to unsavory material. And it's imperative to do so.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:42:24 +0000

sadly, as a county GOP member who regularly volunteers, I get phone calls from the state party asking me to join/volunteer my time. Get a clue. But I look at it as a tech incompetency issue, not a substantive issue.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:30:21 +0000

"From the tone and literacy of the poster . . ."

Man, that line had me giggling for a good minute or two. Literacy (or lack thereof) is now the litmus test for membership in the Republican base?

By: S.A.

S.A. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:46:48 +0000

I wouldn't purchase anything based on their Facebook profile. If I was looking to buy auto insurance, I would look at their own website, consider their rates, their history of performance, etc. Now you can say the GOP has failed in those areas, which is another discussion, but I do not think this reflects as much on the GOP in regards to competency or seriousness.

By: ES

ES — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:45:29 +0000

it's not like this is some fansite or some random conservative's facebook page- it's THE OFFICIAL PAGE. I mean, would you buy insurance from an auto insurance company who left something stupid on their site for several days without noticing?

By: S.A.

S.A. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:42:08 +0000

While I agree that this kind of thing should be expected, and the RNC's Facebook flunky should be more diligent about patrolling their profile, I don't know how much this says about the GOP in general. The Obama campaign was celebrated in the media for their online team, but I am not seeing a whole lot of "institutional competence" or "seriousness" about the way they are now governing.