Best Viral of 2008
October 24th, 2008 by Mark Hanson
Imagine my surprise when a video from a US cable news outlet popped into my inbox, containing a news report blaming ME for Barack Obama losing the US election!
It’s absolutely brilliant and is a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) initiative from the Democrat leaning MoveOn.org, an organisation set up in the late 90s to drive people behind particular causes by using the potential of online communities.
You watch it, can’t believe how clever it is, send it on to loads of your friends and probably largely people who wouldn’t want McCain to win.
Ok, ok , I realise I don’t have a vote in this election but if you and me would be motivated to pass this on, imagine how many folk in the US would.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
Tags: , moveon.org GOTV video, obama, viral video
October 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Yeah - it’s great isn’t it. I admit I was sceptical when it started: “Oh, not another one of those ‘insert name here’ virals *grroan*” - but this one is superb is it not!
October 24th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Yes, I’m a bit cynical about virals. I think viral is an outcome of what you do rather than a central objective but this is an exception
October 24th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Surely this is preaching to the converted, in every sense of the phrase.