Comments on: ObamaIn30Seconds: Make a TV Ad For Obama, And MoveOn.Org Will Air It Nationally

By: Gmo

Gmo — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:52:25 +0000

Incidentally, as an interesting follow-up to this “story,” how about posting something on how Web 2.0 online community organizing is also a double-edged sword? According to them, Obama’s site allows anyone to sign up, and they’re not responsible for the content posted on the site (e.g. the New Black Panther party’s registration of a page on My.BarackObama.com), but clearly they’ve received a ton of flak for pages like those, and this post as well (http://my.barac.../shaesmith/CsNZ) which is STILL up on their site.

I’d love to see a story discussing TechCrunch’s views on what Web 2.0 community owners’ responsibilities should be for this type of content (if any), and what actions (if any) should be taken (e.g. IP blocking of posters putting up hate speech, etc). This is especially an interesting topic for political websites & communities, and I wonder if you see a difference between these sites, and say, the responsibilities of video web 2.0 community sites being hit for copyright infringement.

By: Obama Ad in 30 Seconds | David Ortez

Obama Ad in 30 Seconds | David Ortez — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:32:49 +0000

[...] in 30 Seconds Submitted by David on March 15, 2008 – 10:39am. MoveOn.org have just announced an ObamaIn30Seconds Contest open to the public for the best 30 second spot promoting Democratic Candidate Barack Obama. The [...]

By: ColinToal

ColinToal — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:02:52 +0000

So TechCrunch is morphing in to Obamarama.com — and over at Valleywag – the charismatic Ms. Melissa Gira Grant ( Grant Gira ? ) has turned it into Fleshbot – as every second article is dedicated to orgies or call girls.

I admire her prolificness – its time for an MGG microsite.

Give the people what they want.

By: Jared Bradford

Jared Bradford — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:49:53 +0000

How on earth could someone make a video for him? doesn’t this suffice:

http://abcnews....3788&page=1

By: Patriot

Patriot — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:37:33 +0000

Dear TechCrunch:

Why don’t you start an ObamaCrunch site so I can read my tech news without being blasted with your political agenda?

Truth be told, I don’t care who you vote for, who you endorse, or which political candidate(s) you promote. It won’t change my vote (or the fact that out of the three big-party candidates, ALL are promoting basically the SAME higher-taxes, anti-business agenda, which runs counter to the entrepreneurship you report on. But I digress.)

I come to you for tech news. Please reduce the signal-to-noise ratio.

By: Text & Blog

Text & Blog — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:44:07 +0000

MoveOn ruft zum Videowettbewerb auf: ObamaIn30Seconds…

Nicht dass es noch eines Beispieles bedurft hätte, ich führe ja schon seit anderthalb Jahren Buch über die Web 2.0-Erfolge Obamas. Aber die nun von MoveOn ins Leben gerufene Kampagne ist ein weiterer Meilenstein auf dem Social Web-Erfolgsweg des ve…

By: johns

johns — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:26:34 +0000

Will The Onion compete in this contest?

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
http://www.theo...identally_leaks

By: Miracle Blade

Miracle Blade — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:53:37 +0000

The whole “Hillary and Obama” thing is getting really old. Makes me want to vomit now.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:46:56 +0000

I’m with Allen (post #10) on this. I’m a relatively new arrival to TechCrunch, and seeing this kind of garbage really turns me off to the site. See MoveOn.org as blathering idiots, am not am Obama fan, and certainly don’t want any part of their viral marketing campaigns when I visit a tech blog.

If this is going to be a political site, especially one that even mentions the idiots at moveon.org, then I’m likely to stop visiting it. My two cents!

-steve

By: Midland Texas Al

Midland Texas Al — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:20:58 +0000

I”m gonna enter and win. Cheer up, have some fun.

By: Jakeimade

Jakeimade — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:04:22 +0000

Do you think people are doing this for the 20k worth of stuff or for the exposure of being the creative genius behind a national ad campaign?

I would think that being able to tell your friends “see that ad? I made that” would be far more valuable than the 20k worth of video camera stuff.

By: Steel

Steel — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:37:50 +0000

I believe the owners of this site can post whatever they so choose. It’s no one bit different than you voicing your political preference to a co-worker or friend. This is a free blog so no one here has a right to bitch about it. Grow up !

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:21:17 +0000

I see the content of the two ads will be a little different. What happens if someone makes an ad criticizing Obama? Will it be considered on its artistic merits?

By: Startup News

Startup News — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:16:49 +0000

Go Obama !!!
Whats the big deal ?
If you see a heading you dont like skp it . You dont have to read every single sentence on the blog .
Its like a magazine . I dont read everything in it .

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:07:38 +0000

The winner of creating the best video gets a $20,000 GC for a new camera and editing equipment???

That’s like giving the winner of a golf tournament a new set of golf clubs.

The winner of a fishing tournament a new fishing rod.

The winner of an auto race a new car.

Shouldn’t the GC go to the worse video?

……

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By: johns

johns — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:19:20 +0000

Have you seen this one? Longer than 30 seconds though:

http://www.yout...h?v=mY2jmgwwmFk

By: WinTheWar

WinTheWar — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:45:50 +0000

Easy video to make. Simply a white flag waving.

By: Jim Nguyen

Jim Nguyen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:44:06 +0000

User generated political ads, nice!

http://www.fant...portsmatrix.com

By: Like a Fat Kid Loves Cake

Like a Fat Kid Loves Cake — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:46:58 +0000

Maybe I can edit this down to 30 seconds

http://www.yout...h?v=zWvxTUy47Fk

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:37:00 +0000

The master of online campaigning is Ron Paul.

And no, I’m not a Ron Paul fan. Or an Obama one.

By: jason

jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:30:38 +0000

When I saw ObamaIn30Seconds, I thought the post would lay out his entire campaign platform in 30 seconds.

My second thought was what to do with the last 25 seconds!

By: Markz

Markz — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:30:10 +0000

Et tu, Techcrunch? I thought you would have better judgment than to use techcrunch as a transparent shill for a political candidate.

There is nothing remotely innovative or web 2.0ish about a contest for a political ad.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:19:02 +0000

camera and editing package???? moveon is terrible….

By: gilltots

gilltots — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:58:28 +0000

ugh..i’m so tired of the obamasturbation.

if i were to make an obama ad it would just be a big “?” for 30 seconds. and the soundtrack would be “let down” from ok computer. werd.