The Obama compaign is hiring developers to create software for his presidential campaign. It was suggested to make this software open-source. But why stop there? Whenever a successful website comes along, someone invariably creates a service that lets anyone churn out a clone in five minutes:
- Want your own social network? Ning.
- Your own Digg? coRank.
- A Wiki to call your own? Wetpaint.
- Want to show the Twitter folks how to keep a site running? ReVou.
- Starting a presidential campaign? Contendr!
He coulda been a contender, if only he'd had Contendr. (Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront")
Suggested features:
- Collect signatures to get the candidate’s name on the ballot by harvesting .sig’s from Slashdot and other forums.
- Ask for campaign contributions with a tip jar on the website.
- Spread the candidate’s message by link-spamming the appropriate sites: Instapundit for Republicans or Daily Kos for Democrats. Actually, link-spam both sites; everyone deserves to hear what you’ve got to say.
The name is available (but sadly, the domain is not). Act now, and help democratize the democratic process!
June 7th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Great points, Obama’s internet-enabled campaign is legendary. I would point you to Pligg for a Digg clone, however. Much more to it. Cheers.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Pligg is one of the best Digglike scripts out there imo. Too bad it’s so hard to customize the templates.