Comments on: MyDavidCameron: an analysis

By: jump analysis

jump analysis — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:27:52 +0000

MyDavidCameron: an analysis is good…

thanks

By: Engaging the progressive grass-roots in the UK | AlexWhite.org

Engaging the progressive grass-roots in the UK | AlexWhite.org — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:27:01 +0000

[...] a more detailed analysis, there’s a good article by WeAreSocial – a social media strategy company in the UK – who’ve written about [...]

By: tom

tom — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:50:38 +0000

My david cameron have said they wont be satirising the next tory poster, knowing its had its day. Still, this hasnt the tories from making their own p-poor fake poster sites. What will be next? The posters have already been turned into a 3d game (http://www.politicalgaming.com) and other copy sites are springing up.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:50:38 +0000

By: Rotten from the top down | qwghlm.co.uk

Rotten from the top down | qwghlm.co.uk — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:37:14 +0000

[...] was picked up by left-wing bloggers and some of the spoofs were by Labour supporters, but for once the Labour party never attempted to own or control it officially. Inevitably, however, was the reframing by Conservative supporters as a Labour-backed [...]

By: simoncollister

simoncollister — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:47:36 +0000

Hi Alex. Off the top of my head I can't think of any immediately. However, I would caution that NGOs 'creating' or 'launching' a crowdsoucred campaign need to be careful. Forcing participation doesn't guarantee quality or quantity of materials. I'll get back to you if I can think of any examples.

By: Alex Wilks

Alex Wilks — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:24:55 +0000

Interesting piece (though there's a danger of over-analysing this new site).

Do you know of any NGOs/campaign organisations that have used a crowd-sourcing approach similar to mydavidcameron to generate new posters/visuals/messages and to engage their supporters?

By: simoncollister

simoncollister — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:26:34 +0000

Hey Clifford. Thanks for the comment. I take your point re. Pro-labour vs Anti-Tory. and agree – but I;d still suggest that it's from this angle that Labour are trying to re-orient the network.

Re-programming sounds a bit too dramatic maybe. By that I mean re-programming the general discourse/debate from anti-government back towards anti-Tory and giving others (like LibDems, Greens, etc) the chance to join up.

By: Clifford Singer

Clifford Singer — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:18:25 +0000

Simon, many thanks for this sharp and thoughtful analysis - and you are quite right about Labour's mistake in trying to co-opt #Welovethenhs

But I'd quibble with the last part:

"Therefore, Labour trying to reprogram the goal of the networks driving the MyDavidCameron campaign to be pro-Labour is actually a smart move."

Partly because the networks are so amorphous I'm not sure that anyone is in a position to "reprogram" them. (And they also include a fair number of Lib Dems, Greens, etc.) Arguably a website like ours would fit better with an anti-Tory tactical voting campaign, although unlike 1997 none really exists this time.

But also because the website is essentially about satire - which is intrinsically negative - and so difficult to turn into pro-anything (we touch on this issue a little on our About Us page: http://mydavidcameron.com/about.html - but it's definitely something for further debate).