[governance] Barack Obama Victory Tweet Most Retweeted Ever

Thu Nov 8 00:34:15 EST 2012

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)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>>> From: "Ivar A. M. Hartmann" <ivarhartmann at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org**" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org**>,
>>>> "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>
>>>> >
>>>> > 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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