…or the quite simply the discussion of politics within communities.
One thing my wife always reminds me of before attending a dinner party or an event, is not to discuss politics or religion. The problem is that I have a tendency of unintentionally offending people because of my conservative beliefs; and I am not afraid to kick knowledge when required to do so; and if it hurts people’s feelings, well…um, sorry.
The community I am referring here is not necessarily about having dinner with friends or neighbors; or attending a community event. It’s about the discussion of political events within online communities, or sometimes referred to as social media. Similar to this blog, there is a ton of chatter online about anything and everything from Hillary’s academy award winning crying act to the pessimism of the democratic party. The conversations are happening everywhere; heck, even the major online publications are beginning to open their web sites to allow comments from users.Â
Back in November 2007, I attended a conference in Las Vegas called BlogWorld. I met several great people there, including the founders of Primetime Politics; a site that I would compare to DrudgeReport but with comments. The site is focused on politics and world events; and of course there is functionality to allow comments – a great way to build a community.Â
From what I have been told, the community features will continue to grow. One such feature they are launching soon is called a Watchlist. It will allow community members to put their favorite authors on their own Watchlist, so they never miss a piece posted on the site by that particular author.
Ever heard of user generated content? I surely hope so if you have ever left a comment here at Urban or any other blog or social network.Â
Basically, anyone in the community can participate in determining the content of the site. Try telling Matt Drudge what to post on his site. Good luck! On the homepage (if you scroll down a little), you will see “PRIMETIME: Best of the Web” section. Those articles are posted by the Primetime staff. However, if you click on the “COMMUNITY: Spotlights and Originals” tab, those are articles posted by registered community members. The links posted by community members are called Spotlights, which is what you see right under “RECENT SPOTLIGHTS” just below the video carousel on the left hand side.
I recently created a profile; and yes, I plan on submitting my own articles to the site! Congrats on a job well done. The site is quite awesome!
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