Comments on: How Fianna failed and the Fine-gall of it all. http://keithbelfast.com/blog/?p=138 The blog of a Belfast freelance journalist. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:39:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://keithbelfast.com/blog/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-109 admin Thu, 21 May 2009 16:05:16 +0000 http://keithbelfast.com/blog/?p=138#comment-109 Yes, the DUP seem to be winning on the flickr front. they have some crackers. I'd love to go through each party and see how they are using it. I might wait until after the election to see how interested they are. I bet a lot of it stops on June 6th... But the blogging and engaging with people on twitter should be bread and butter to them. I have more to say on this, with a few handy tips for the parties as well. Feel free to get stuck in yourself. Ask them all the same question on twitter, and see what responses you get back. go on... Yes, the DUP seem to be winning on the flickr front. they have some crackers.

I’d love to go through each party and see how they are using it. I might wait until after the election to see how interested they are. I bet a lot of it stops on June 6th… But the blogging and engaging with people on twitter should be bread and butter to them. I have more to say on this, with a few handy tips for the parties as well.

Feel free to get stuck in yourself. Ask them all the same question on twitter, and see what responses you get back. go on…

]]> By: Carson's Cat http://keithbelfast.com/blog/?p=138&cpage=1#comment-108 Carson's Cat Thu, 21 May 2009 15:47:01 +0000 http://keithbelfast.com/blog/?p=138#comment-108 Keith, Inadverently or not you've maybe shown that the DUP on Flickr have at least put on some interesting pics. You've used at least 3 of them on different blog posts. They're a bit better and more spontanious than dozens of 'line up' posed shots. You make good points though about not just having the services like Tiwtter, YouTube etc but actually <i>using</i> them properly. Maybe you need to do an update of your list of what tools the candidates have - to how they're actually being used. Do a run down of whether the Party's/Candidates twitter accounts actually reply to you, or even if they're actually input by human hands and not just a twitterfeed. A bit more indepth than just a tickbox beside whether they appear to be using it or not. Surely that just encourages the tokenism you rightly criticise. Plus I can't be arsed doing that kinda analysis myself! Keith,
Inadverently or not you’ve maybe shown that the DUP on Flickr have at least put on some interesting pics. You’ve used at least 3 of them on different blog posts. They’re a bit better and more spontanious than dozens of ‘line up’ posed shots.

You make good points though about not just having the services like Tiwtter, YouTube etc but actually using them properly. Maybe you need to do an update of your list of what tools the candidates have – to how they’re actually being used.

Do a run down of whether the Party’s/Candidates twitter accounts actually reply to you, or even if they’re actually input by human hands and not just a twitterfeed. A bit more indepth than just a tickbox beside whether they appear to be using it or not. Surely that just encourages the tokenism you rightly criticise.

Plus I can’t be arsed doing that kinda analysis myself!

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