Comments on: Google Sponsors the Obama Presidency

By: jcoronella

jcoronella — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:32:39 +0000

They didn’t have to use youtube here:

http://www.barackobama.com/tv/

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:29:32 +0000

Wasn’t “change” a big part of the platform he ran on? Change from getting away from being purchased by the corporations out there? Doens’t he have enough clout to create and post his messages on an unbranded site?

This is the president of the US and his videos certainly should not carry a brand on them. At a minimum, the embedded versions on sites outside of YouTube should not carry the YouTube logo.

By: Philip John

Philip John — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:44:21 +0000

Does that also mean that Obama endorses Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn?

Does Obama endorse CBS because they were allowed to interview him?

In short, no. It means the Obama campaign/transition team use the tools and methods at their disposal for promotion.

By suggesting Obama simply offer out a video file, surely he should therefore use his own press release distribution service, his own servers to host his web site, his own version of twitter to engage tech-savvy voters.

I see you’re using WordPress. Does that automatically mean you endorse WP? No, it doesn’t.

By: jcoronella

jcoronella — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:06:11 +0000

If Obama’s team is savvy enough to have a twitter bot, they are certainly capable of uploading a mp4 to their website. Leave it up to the video sites or users to put it on their site.

By: Todd Bollack

Todd Bollack — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:07 +0000

You’re forgetting average Joe-Six Pack, who has no idea how to play a 17GB .vob file. You don’t HAVE to get your news from YouTube, just like you don’t really need Opie & Anthony to hear a fart joke.

By: jcoronella

jcoronella — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:30:51 +0000

No, I’d prefer the raw video, or video in a non-branded player.

And while we’re add it we can have the next election on PollDaddy — we won’t need all those pesky ballots.

By: Todd Bollack

Todd Bollack — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:26:53 +0000

You’d prefer multiple platforms? So he throws video on collegehumor, homestarrunner and the Onion: people around the world (including millions of Big-A americans [sic] ) still watch it on YouTube. Pick a broader-reaching, existing channel. Now Obama won’t need a webmaster at all, mediocre or otherwise.