Perhaps you’ve heard of the Peter Principle, the notion that competent people rise in their jobs until they reach a point where they DON’T know what they’re doing. I.e., they’re promoted to the level of their incompetence...
This list got completely out of hand this time, so I’ll try to do these weekly until the election. Note: I included only a sampling of the available “public figure posts horrible thing on social media” stories, so multiply each of...
A hacked Twitter account won’t likely swing an election — but we should still act like it could. Not just campaigns, either: Facebook, Twitter and the other platforms need to prepare like the important infrastructure they’ve become...
Check out the top 10 over-performing Facebook posts from the last two weeks published by the Trump and Biden presidential campaigns, using data from our friends at CrowdTangle. Remember, these are posts that have seen significantly more engagement...
I blew up Epolitics.com a couple of days ago, and I feel fine! Actually, I feel fine that real techies could step in and save the day — and the database. I’d put off essential website maintenance for way too long, in this case including...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts from the current Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, using data from our friends at CrowdTangle. Remember, these are posts that have seen significantly more engagement...
On June 27th, President Donald Trump tweeted out a video: pic.twitter.com/nwAbhemhZf — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2020 Whew, the soundtrack alone raised my blood pressure. Plus, I didn’t realize that so many Democratic...
Sometimes digital politics practitioners are so close to the brushstrokes that we can miss the sweep of the full painting. What are the trends shaping our field? Let’s look at four of the big ones below, with five more in the next installment...
Some Friday fun for you: a few days ago, a McAfee security scan app flagged a link I’d recently clicked. Who owned the site that posed a danger? Newt Gingrich: I’ve been on Newt’s list since he ran for President in 2012, and...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts from the current Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, using data from our friends at CrowdTangle. Remember, these are posts that have seen significantly more engagement...