[governance] Barack Obama Victory Tweet Most Retweeted Ever
Chaitanya Dhareshwar
chaitanyabd at gmail.com
Thu Nov 8 00:41:13 EST 2012
"Is going to" - no because he didnt get the top job. "Would he have done
something different?" possibly - but we won't know by speculating. IMHO yes
Romney would have approached the point differently.
I said "issues with" don't miss that out please. Those issues were veto'd
which I've also written - do re-read the sentence with these points in mind
- and not push me into a boat. I'm yet to choose which one (though non-ITU
sounds good, again IMHO).
Best,
C
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<suresh at hserus.net>wrote:
> Do you seriously believe that *Romney* is going to do anything different?
>
> As for "fair bit of control" - does that mean you support handing all this
> over to the ITU?
>
> Chaitanya Dhareshwar [08/11/12 11:03 +0530]:
>
>> Given the recent issues with the USG asserting (or trying to assert) a
>> fair
>> bit of control over the internet, and the fact that Obama's government
>> veto'd the change I figure it's relevant to us in the context that the
>> status quo will continue. A change of first citizen of the US can result
>> in
>> fair few changes in the overall thinking/working of the country - so yes
>> this *news* is certainly important.
>>
>>
>> The article just looks like an 'election update' type of news and not
>> particularly relevant - so, Suresh I do agree with you here.
>>
>> -C
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
>> <suresh at hserus.net>wrote:
>>
>> Don't get me wrong, I'd have voted for Obama if I were a US citizen
>>>
>>> The one thing I have an issue with is that there's little or no
>>> relationship between that (or other discussion about the US elections)
>>> and
>>> internet governance. Except in an abstract way as an illustration of the
>>> USA's tradition of free speech, say.
>>>
>>> This list has a fairly high level of traffic, so getting four or five
>>> news
>>> articles, seemingly randomly chosen, forwarded to it every day doesn't
>>> help
>>> much.
>>>
>>> thanks srs
>>>
>>> Charity Gamboa [07/11/12 23:00 -0600]:
>>>
>>> Suresh,
>>>>
>>>> It's always a matter of opinion. Anybody can hit the delete key if that
>>>> particular item perplexes them. But you know some of us who can make the
>>>> connection - then it's not a big deal. The picture of the president and
>>>> the first lady hugging and is heavily tweeted (and even circulated in
>>>> Facebook) is a sign of free speech online. Please don't get me wrong -
>>>> you
>>>> are entitled to ask. There are so many facebook pages created in the US
>>>> that is devoted to political opinions, e.g. "*Politically Incorrect and
>>>> Proud of It Too*." Anybody can subscribe to humorous quotes, posts and
>>>>
>>>> pictures that pokes fun at President Obama. That's like normal
>>>> squabbling.
>>>> You have the likes of Michelle Malkin who is a very strong conservative
>>>> blogger who uses her Twitchy website to post her tweets (as screenshots)
>>>> to
>>>> make a political point. So those people who tweeted on Obama's winning
>>>> are
>>>> probably his supporters, thus, expressing their own right to express
>>>> themselves via social media. I see nothing wrong with that regardless if
>>>> one is a liberal, conservative or a libertarian. Do I really need to
>>>> elaborate on this issue? Nope - it's a no brainer. I just want to point
>>>> out
>>>> that this is how I would think of the issue. But I wouldn't chide Fahd
>>>> for
>>>> posting that here as well as he is also is exercising his right to share
>>>> his opinion. I also chose to give him a break.
>>>>
>>>> Charity Gamboa-Embley
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <
>>>> suresh at hserus.net
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well you see, without some commentary about it in this context from the
>>>>
>>>>> original poster, it is practically impossible to tell the difference
>>>>> between that and idle forwarding of random news articles.
>>>>>
>>>>> --srs (htc one x)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> ****>,
>>>>> "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <suresh at hserus.net>
>>>>> Cc: "Fahd A. Batayneh" <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: [governance] Barack Obama Victory Tweet Most Retweeted Ever
>>>>> Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 4:26 AM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe major happenings in the field of social networks are of
>>>>> interest
>>>>> to IG.
>>>>> In this case, it's more strong evidence of the use of social networks
>>>>> for
>>>>> political speech. This relates to cyberdemocracy theories and concerns
>>>>> stakeholders involved in regulating free speech online as political
>>>>> speech
>>>>> is deemed in almost all democracies to be the type of speech that calls
>>>>> for
>>>>> the stronger protection.
>>>>> Just my opinion.
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Ivar
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <
>>>>> suresh at hserus.net
>>>>> >wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > May I ask your opinion on how or why a photo of a couple hugging is
>>>>> anyway
>>>>> > remotely related to igov?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --srs (iPad)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 08-Nov-2012, at 1:26, "Fahd A. Batayneh" <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com
>>>>> >
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/****technology-20237531<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**technology-20237531>
>>>>> <http://**www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-**20237531<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20237531>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The words "four more years", coupled with a photo of Barack and
>>>>> Michelle
>>>>> > Obama embraced in a hug, have become the most retweeted Twitter post
>>>>> ever.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Fahd
>>>>> >
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