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Whoops: Real Cuomo Website Linked to Fake Cuomo Twitter
You had to figure something like this would eventually happen. Gannett’s Nick Reisman has the story: Unfortunately for the real Cuomo twitter feed (@NYGovCuomo) which went live Saturday, the official state website for the governor links to the fake twitter account. NYCTheBlog is on the tweetgate case, but it remains unclear how the fake account was linked to by real website. Still, it’s very easy to confuse the two at first glance. Both accounts use the same picture of Cuomo and have the same background. Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said he was aware of the problem and it was being fixed. Just after 12:30, the link appeared to have been fixed. To be clear: @NYGovernor is a parody. @NYGovCuomo is real. … More >>
The Mayor of Twitter
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has been dubbed “The Mayor of Twitter” by Time Magazine, and with good reason. For the past 3 days Booker has used his Twitter account to deilver much needed assistance to his snowed-in constituents. He and his staff have bounced around Newark shoveling streets and sending plows to areas where residents said they were still snowed in. “Just doug [sic] a car out on Springfield Ave and broke the cardinal rule: ‘Lift with your Knees!!’ I think I left part of my back back there,” he reported in one message. One person let Booker know, via Twitter, that the snowy streets were preventing his sister from buying diapers. About an hour later, Booker was at the … More >>
Tagged blizzard, Cory Booker, snowpocalypse, twitter
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Is Online Organizing The Career For You?
Wednesday, April 14 from 6-8pm Green Spaces NY 394 Broadway, 5th floor RSVP HERE! Join MYD, Organizing 2.0 and GrassrootsCamp to hear senior online organizers in New York City discuss their career paths and offer advice. We will also hand out resources for free and low cost training and networks for job seekers. The event at 6:00pm promptly, with networking/shmoozing time after the formal panel. This panel includes our very own 2009 VP Mr. Ben Yee (who we know you’ve missed)! Speaking of Social Media have you checked MYD’s online presence lately? @gomyd twitter HERE MYD Facebook page HERE
Tagged education, facebook, myd, twitter
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How To Guides For Young Dems: Twitter
The youth are the most connected and online-using age group out there. Politics is warming up to online tools quickly. So why are YDA‘s chapters so slow to pick it up? A few guesses: Lack of experience with the tools Think that the tools take a lot of times to configure and use (they do) Doubts that the tools have reach or will make a difference. As always, MYD provides you with the solutions: We’ve got the training guides to make this stuff understandable. Check out our Twitter guide (Blogging, Facebook still in the works), as well as our presentations from the YDA Conference training sessions, here. They do take time. You are right. Find people to help. Tell them … More >>
Tagged how to guides, mashable, social media, twitter, yda2009
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