RonPaulSpace.com - Silicon Valley Tech Workers Create Political Social Networking Website
22nd Oct 2007
A group of high tech workers from Silicon Valley have teamed up to create RonPaulSpace.com, a social network dedicated to helping the Presidential candidate, Ron Paul.
The website allows Paul supporters to create profiles, share videos, photos, and blog about their Ron Paul adventures, plan and attend events, connect with other supporters, and help raise funds for the campaign. The purpose for the site is to help get Ron Paul's message of freedom out to the voters.
RonPaulSpace is also a great way for people to connect, and meet "like-minded" new friends. The website looks and feels like just any other big social network. The idea for the website came from an impromptu meeting of Silicon Valley Ron Paul supporters.
The group became concerned after a newspaper article in Australia claimed that Paul's massive online campaign was a fake movement. The article accused the supporters of astroturfing. In the story, the reporter defined astroturfing as "a term used to describe a fake grassroots campaign, where members of an organization create the illusion that 'ordinary people' are behind the movement."
"We felt this story's premise was based on flawed logic so we decided to do a little social experiment of our own and put the 'Astroturfing Accusation' to a test," said John Daniel, the group's spokesperson. "Within a few days, we cobbled together all the pieces needed to create a social network."
"Social networks are giving the power back to the people instead of the special interest groups, high dollar donors, and corporate fat cats," Daniel said.
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