Comments on: MyBarackObama: Who Built This? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: If Web Traffic Was Votes, Obama And Huckabee Would Win Super Tuesday | oscarpages http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-1977278 If Web Traffic Was Votes, Obama And Huckabee Would Win Super Tuesday | oscarpages Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:56:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-1977278 [...] site was the first to offer a full social network for supporters (see our initial review here) and it’s well worth a look even if you’re not interested in politics, or live outside [...] [...] site was the first to offer a full social network for supporters (see our initial review here) and it’s well worth a look even if you’re not interested in politics, or live outside [...]

]]> By: Obama Sets Record With January Donations; Online Donations 88% Of Total | tips tech blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-1975049 Obama Sets Record With January Donations; Online Donations 88% Of Total | tips tech blog Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:17:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-1975049 [...] campaign also tells us that 250,000 profiles have been created at BarackObama.com, which we covered last [...] [...] campaign also tells us that 250,000 profiles have been created at BarackObama.com, which we covered last [...]

]]> By: Very Ugly Bug at BarackObama.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-1271496 Very Ugly Bug at BarackObama.com Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:30:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-1271496 [...] “find a group” section of the new Barack Obama social network contains a hard coded racial and sexual orientation slur. When searching groups, a couple of search [...] [...] “find a group” section of the new Barack Obama social network contains a hard coded racial and sexual orientation slur. When searching groups, a couple of search [...]

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]]> By: Mike Trotzke http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-939012 Mike Trotzke Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:53:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-939012 I'm not sure which Mike the last @Mike comment was directed towards. I posted a while back. I was never trying to say that managing traffic is easy. I don't care what type of software it is, SN or not, load is hard to mange. Great article on this topic about MySpace growing pains: http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2084842,00.asp My complain is about the automatic assumption that an extended beta is a prerequisite for something to work well. I think the whole concept has become overused. If you're expecting your web based app to eventually reach this magical point where it's perfect and can go out of "Public Beta"... good luck. I’m not sure which Mike the last @Mike comment was directed towards. I posted a while back.

I was never trying to say that managing traffic is easy. I don’t care what type of software it is, SN or not, load is hard to mange.

Great article on this topic about MySpace growing pains:

http://www.cioinsight.com/arti.....842,00.asp

My complain is about the automatic assumption that an extended beta is a prerequisite for something to work well. I think the whole concept has become overused. If you’re expecting your web based app to eventually reach this magical point where it’s perfect and can go out of “Public Beta”… good luck.

]]> By: been there. done that. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-937100 been there. done that. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:57:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-937100 @Mike, Back up what you're claiming. Have you BUILT a social network? How many registered and active users did it have? How many concurrent requests per second did it handle? How many concurrent database transactions per second were sustained at peak, and what was the performance like? Until you put up some data, you're full of sh!t. It may be easy to conceptualize YASN and it is in fact fairly straightforward to graft a good UI (not that developing a good UI is itself easy) on top of a bunch of RAD scaffolding without months and months of development and testing, HOWEVER, actually launching and growing a successful SN is anything but easy. Yes, there are packages based on OS projects out there that provide solid building blocks, but they -- necessarily -- have inherent functional limitations that must be dealt with in the course of growth. @Mike,

Back up what you’re claiming. Have you BUILT a social network? How many registered and active users did it have? How many concurrent requests per second did it handle? How many concurrent database transactions per second were sustained at peak, and what was the performance like?

Until you put up some data, you’re full of sh!t. It may be easy to conceptualize YASN and it is in fact fairly straightforward to graft a good UI (not that developing a good UI is itself easy) on top of a bunch of RAD scaffolding without months and months of development and testing, HOWEVER, actually launching and growing a successful SN is anything but easy.

Yes, there are packages based on OS projects out there that provide solid building blocks, but they — necessarily — have inherent functional limitations that must be dealt with in the course of growth.

]]> By: Dave Harding http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-933844 Dave Harding Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:47:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-933844 It's BlueState Digital. The CMS of this part of the site is done in Textpattern. I know because we use the same system at ProgressOhio.org It’s BlueState Digital. The CMS of this part of the site is done in Textpattern.

I know because we use the same system at ProgressOhio.org

]]> By: Neil Kelty http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-932836 Neil Kelty Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:05:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-932836 To #11: 2010 is the year he'll be up for Senate re-election - I assume they either don't care to register a new corp. or just haven't updated. To #11: 2010 is the year he’ll be up for Senate re-election - I assume they either don’t care to register a new corp. or just haven’t updated.

]]> By: Chrissie Brodigan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-932314 Chrissie Brodigan Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:54:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-932314 The person behind Obama's site is the former IT director for Howard Dean's campaign. If you contact Garrett Graff at ggraff@washingtonian.com he can help you get in touch with him. The person behind Obama’s site is the former IT director for Howard Dean’s campaign. If you contact Garrett Graff at ggraff@washingtonian.com he can help you get in touch with him.

]]> By: Tony Angelo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-931399 Tony Angelo Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:10:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-931399 Someone else mentioned that it seems to be the same software that is running on democrats.org. Indeed it is. The question that comes to my mind then is, did Obama, Inc. see what democrats.org had done and license that same software from the makers. Or, does the DNC own the software and Howard Dean really likes Obama that much that he let him borrow it? Someone else mentioned that it seems to be the same software that is running on democrats.org. Indeed it is. The question that comes to my mind then is, did Obama, Inc. see what democrats.org had done and license that same software from the makers. Or, does the DNC own the software and Howard Dean really likes Obama that much that he let him borrow it?

]]> By: Thomas Barker http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-931069 Thomas Barker Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:13:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-931069 That last post required a :-) @ the end. That last post required a :-) @ the end.

]]> By: Thomas Barker http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-931067 Thomas Barker Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:12:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-931067 I wouldn't be as cynical as Colin. Very few MySpacers know anything about the "personal empowerment of social media" either ;-) They'll just see it as an aglomoration of hotmail, MSN contacts lists and their local classifieds. Which is pretty much all any SNS is ... (I could be wrong, maybe all his supporters will go Emo on him and just sit there writing incoherent posts about how depressed they are and how their parents don't understand.) http://www.megatokyo.it/strip/nl0579/seraphim-live-journal-theater I wouldn’t be as cynical as Colin.

Very few MySpacers know anything about the “personal empowerment of social media” either ;-)

They’ll just see it as an aglomoration of hotmail, MSN contacts lists and their local classifieds. Which is pretty much all any SNS is …

(I could be wrong, maybe all his supporters will go Emo on him and just sit there writing incoherent posts about how depressed they are and how their parents don’t understand.)
http://www.megatokyo.it/strip/.....al-theater

]]> By: rapture http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-930413 rapture Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:13:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-930413 I use Drupal and it looks very Drupal-ish. I haven't been able to find any signatures confirming that it is Drupal, though. FYI: http://www.draftobama.org/ runs Drupal. I use Drupal and it looks very Drupal-ish. I haven’t been able to find any signatures confirming that it is Drupal, though.

FYI: http://www.draftobama.org/ runs Drupal.

]]> By: Colin Dowling http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-930331 Colin Dowling Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:01:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-930331 As for it's purpose, the site will be an excellent study in to how quickly a community can be cobbled together and how widely accepted the social network idea is in today's society. While Obama is likely to draw a wide range of people under the tent of his campaign, I would wager that a fair number of them know very little about the personal empowerment of social media. Lots of people who are likely to support Obama probably have little/no experience on a social network. Considering that there are about 650 days between now and election day, I imagine those people will need to get up to speed in a hurry for this to have any real effect. As for it’s purpose, the site will be an excellent study in to how quickly a community can be cobbled together and how widely accepted the social network idea is in today’s society. While Obama is likely to draw a wide range of people under the tent of his campaign, I would wager that a fair number of them know very little about the personal empowerment of social media. Lots of people who are likely to support Obama probably have little/no experience on a social network. Considering that there are about 650 days between now and election day, I imagine those people will need to get up to speed in a hurry for this to have any real effect.

]]> By: Michael Kimsal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-930051 Michael Kimsal Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:25:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-930051 For the record, the "my" portion looks to be running php5.0.4/apache2 on a unixy system. http://my.barackobama.com/modules/security/admin/login.php?=PHPB8B5F2A0-3C92-11d3-A3A9-4C7B08C10000 shows the php5 credits page. For the record, the “my” portion looks to be running php5.0.4/apache2 on a unixy system.

http://my.barackobama.com/modu.....7B08C10000

shows the php5 credits page.

]]> By: Jon Gales http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-929466 Jon Gales Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:08:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-929466 Guys you can stop chiming in about what you think is powering the site. It has already been figured out. It's not me.com, it's not Drupal, it's not "hand coded" and it's not surprising at all that there are "no bugs" (like that can ever be true...). It's a pre-packed solution from Blue State Digital. With a nice template. It should probably work for him nicely. In my first comment, #12, I even linked to the admin page. There is no room for argument. FWIW it's not hard to launch a social networking script. What's hard is fostering a good community. Especially in politics. Helping trade text messages and hate speech for a bunch of political zealots will not help you win. Guys you can stop chiming in about what you think is powering the site. It has already been figured out. It’s not me.com, it’s not Drupal, it’s not “hand coded” and it’s not surprising at all that there are “no bugs” (like that can ever be true…). It’s a pre-packed solution from Blue State Digital. With a nice template. It should probably work for him nicely. In my first comment, #12, I even linked to the admin page. There is no room for argument.

FWIW it’s not hard to launch a social networking script. What’s hard is fostering a good community. Especially in politics. Helping trade text messages and hate speech for a bunch of political zealots will not help you win.

]]> By: Steve Parks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928924 Steve Parks Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:33:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928924 I think they might be using <a href="http://www.drupal.org" rel="nofollow">Drupal 5</a>. A lot of previous campaigns ran on civicspace which was a fork of drupal, but this has a few bits and pieces that make me think it's running off the latest drupal release - but with a very nice template on top. I think they might be using Drupal 5. A lot of previous campaigns ran on civicspace which was a fork of drupal, but this has a few bits and pieces that make me think it’s running off the latest drupal release - but with a very nice template on top.

]]> By: thesubjective http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928586 thesubjective Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:49:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928586 Nice to see collective efforts being put to use by the good guys but it's going to take a major blue tinted federation of technologist to offset the Fox political agenda. They have our children. Nice to see collective efforts being put to use by the good guys but it’s going to take a major blue tinted federation of technologist to offset the Fox political agenda.

They have our children.

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928571 Mike Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:46:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928571 Josh, sure, Obama starting a social network is an interesting idea. The point of my post is that these social network sites are NOT technically challenging to develop. Blogs like this one and the other Web 2.0 blogs treat social networks as if they were some amazing technology. In fact, social networks just add a few additional queries to the standard web message board/geocities model from way back in 1998. Josh, sure, Obama starting a social network is an interesting idea. The point of my post is that these social network sites are NOT technically challenging to develop. Blogs like this one and the other Web 2.0 blogs treat social networks as if they were some amazing technology. In fact, social networks just add a few additional queries to the standard web message board/geocities model from way back in 1998.

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928565 Josh Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:30:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928565 For those of you challenging social websites. Yes, sites ran on software pre-built are extremely easy aren't they? But do you honestly whole-heartedly think that running a social website is easy? Tell me, how many of you have a successful social network under your belt right now? And if you don't, then i guess your opinion is moot. Maybe a political candidate who has put a top-notch effort into connecting their community via a well constructed website is something new to chew on. Most people seem to think it is. For those of you challenging social websites.

Yes, sites ran on software pre-built are extremely easy aren’t they? But do you honestly whole-heartedly think that running a social website is easy?

Tell me, how many of you have a successful social network under your belt right now?

And if you don’t, then i guess your opinion is moot. Maybe a political candidate who has put a top-notch effort into connecting their community via a well constructed website is something new to chew on.

Most people seem to think it is.

]]> By: Tom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928557 Tom Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:11:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928557 I agree Mike, and it doesn't need to be in "extended beta" just a few days to test the code works just fine. Can't you find something else to talk about Arrington? Why don't you find us the next best thing instead of rehashing the same thing you've been talking about for the last 5 years I agree Mike, and it doesn’t need to be in “extended beta” just a few days to test the code works just fine. Can’t you find something else to talk about Arrington? Why don’t you find us the next best thing instead of rehashing the same thing you’ve been talking about for the last 5 years

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928556 Mike Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:04:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928556 Um, these sites are incredibly easy to build. Not quite sure why web 2.0 blogs fawn all over "social networks" like they were some form of rocket science. Um, these sites are incredibly easy to build. Not quite sure why web 2.0 blogs fawn all over “social networks” like they were some form of rocket science.

]]> By: Seth Morrison http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928551 Seth Morrison Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:28:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928551 Guys-social networking software is a near-commodity, the 1000s of chinese social networking sites, mostly home built, should tell you that. Anyone who is raising money for a social networking site builder needs to get in residential real estate construction now sooner than later! Guys-social networking software is a near-commodity, the 1000s of chinese social networking sites, mostly home built, should tell you that. Anyone who is raising money for a social networking site builder needs to get in residential real estate construction now sooner than later!

]]> By: Mr. Bhive http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928547 Mr. Bhive Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:13:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/11/mybarackobama-who-built-this/#comment-928547 Trotzke, Tell me. Do you know, was this site coded from scratch or are they using 3rd party software. If you can't answer the shutup. Trotzke,

Tell me. Do you know, was this site coded from scratch or are they using 3rd party software.

If you can’t answer the shutup.

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