Fake Election ‘08
Published 2 years ago, at the start of June under DesignFollowing the success of the Election ‘08 Facebook widget I created for Newsvine (22,000 100,000 and counting!), I’ve now focused my attention on a much more important political debate.
Who would make a better President — Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart? Optimus Prime or Megatron? Captain Picard or the O RLY Owl? Make your voice heard — cast your vote in Fake Election ‘08 on Facebook today.
It only takes a minute to make a fake difference for a fake tomorrow.
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Stewart / Colbert ‘08!
[...] The future will tell, but already political developers, AKA political enthusiasts, have started using social media to their advantage. Mike Davidson, a web/design consultant, dives into MySpace and Facebook quite often. One of his interns, even created a facebook widget, “I Voted for Al Gore.” Whether fake or not, there’s no stopping politicians from creating widgets like these on MySpace and Facebook. [...]
Did you write this blog yourself (I mean the code, not the posts!)
Where’s Batman? You can’t have a fake election without Batman.
Holy handgrenades Batman! — you’re right! I’ll add Batman this evening.
Colbert / Stewart ‘08!
Ackbar/Prime ‘08