Comments on: Labor launches social media platform

By: Pat Cusack

Pat Cusack — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:11:07 +0000

‘Sorry’ works on a whole new level at the footer: http://www.alp.org.au/Agenda/Climate-Change-Plan/

Hours of fun. Create your own outcomes!
http://www.alp.org.au/Aboriginal-Affairs/
http://www.alp.org.au/KevinRudd

There are really only two types of web sites, particularly around government, and this one’s *finished* – so it’s all good! Well done guys.

By: Ben Haslem

Ben Haslem — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:55:53 +0000

RSS feeds don’t seem to work. Atleast not through Google Reader.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:15:33 +0000

Nothing ground breaking here……
The Liberal Party website has had these social features for ages & have a head start in this arena. Check out :http://www.liberal.org.au

By: Nic Hodges

Nic Hodges — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:05:39 +0000

OK all political stabs and filter issues aside, this is great to see.

There’s no need to reinvent the wheel with using social media for political parties, and the end goal is hopefully a more informed ‘Peter from Penrith’, who is more engaged in the political process. I hope they don’t push people away with too much party PR, and hopefully the other parties also get on board. It should result on many more issues being addressed in the coming election, not just the 2 or 3 that are selling papers (figure of speech, I realise no one buys papers anymore

By: Ben Clapton

Ben Clapton — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:42:37 +0000

Looks like they’ve set their filter a bit too high… just like the internet filter. See: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2c4qdbu <- workc*****ices anyone? it's filtering out the H and O from workchoices.

By: Jeff Waugh

Jeff Waugh — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:15:18 +0000

Sounds like they’ve brought in some cookie cutters (I see “technology platform” more than anything to do with outreach or engagement) instead of thinking about it too hard themselves.

By: James

James — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:08:56 +0000

I really like the “think tank” interface.