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Mitch Arnowitz

vermin of communication

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Amy Gahran, of CONTENTIOUS, has written a really good series on Handling Porcupines, Trolls, and Other Online Vermin.

Contrary to popular opinion, the internet is not really about
technology. It’s about people, specifically how people communicate.

In my time on the internet, I’ve encountered just about every kind of
online vermin. At times, I admit, I’ve even participated in the
pestilence. Over the years I’ve learned some useful strategies for
handling conflicts with each of the major online pests. In this series,
I’ll share these tips.

Democrats’ Grass Roots Shift the Power

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Will the dems grassroots movement reshape party politics? Read all about it in today’s Washington Post. The facts speak for themselves:

1. the republicians beat the dems at the grassroots game in 2004.
2. given the make-up of the party, the democrats should have been able to get out more votes.

Democrats’ Grass Roots Shift the Power (free reg required) (hat tip to ameriblog)

It is no surprise that Democratic leaders are paying much closer
attention to grass-roots activists. In 2003 and 2004, those activists
became prodigious contributors to the Democratic Party, to Kerry and to
Dean, who first tapped into their potential through the Internet during
his campaign for the Democratic nomination.