Comments on: Fianna Fail controls the content of candidates’ “blogs” http://www.tomrafteryit.net/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:15:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Prime Time Special - Declan Ganley - Page 92 - Politics.ie http://www.tomrafteryit.net/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-297447 Prime Time Special - Declan Ganley - Page 92 - Politics.ie Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:57:47 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/#comment-297447 [...] 11 Hume Street Dublin 2 Whois.Net The link I posted confirms the direct Fianna Fail connection. Fianna Fail controls the content of candidates' "blogs" So, for a 'non-partisan' organisation called Eurvote, you have an Executive Director who is still [...] [...] 11 Hume Street Dublin 2 Whois.Net The link I posted confirms the direct Fianna Fail connection. Fianna Fail controls the content of candidates’ "blogs" So, for a ‘non-partisan’ organisation called Eurvote, you have an Executive Director who is still [...]

]]> By: Prime Time Special - Declan Ganley - Page 85 - Politics.ie http://www.tomrafteryit.net/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-296553 Prime Time Special - Declan Ganley - Page 85 - Politics.ie Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:44:08 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/#comment-296553 [...] to you. I knew I recognised the strategy from somewhere; Fianna Fail'. Explains a lot... Fianna Fail controls the content of candidates' "blogs" I guess we can expect the same kind of web 'strategy' on the Eurvote.org site, seeing as you share [...] [...] to you. I knew I recognised the strategy from somewhere; Fianna Fail’. Explains a lot… Fianna Fail controls the content of candidates’ "blogs" I guess we can expect the same kind of web ’strategy’ on the Eurvote.org site, seeing as you share [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.tomrafteryit.net/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Tom Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:29:12 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/#comment-616 <blockquote>I think that this could be a web dry run for the next general election as far as FF is concerned.</blockquote>Surely they wouldn't try that John? They'd never get away with it. What I'd love to know is, who is writing the copy for these two sites!

I think that this could be a web dry run for the next general election as far as FF is concerned.

Surely they wouldn’t try that John? They’d never get away with it.

What I’d love to know is, who is writing the copy for these two sites!

]]> By: Tom http://www.tomrafteryit.net/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Tom Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:22:01 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/#comment-615 <blockquote>If a party member wants to have independent editorial control, they need to have their own infrastructure</blockquote>Bernie, thanks for your comment. However, I'm not sure what you mean by "their own infrastructure". Aine Brady's site is on a shared server owned by American Pro Servers in NY, Shane's site is on a server intriguingly called siteanal owned by Designer Servers in the UK. All they need, as I understand it, in terms of infrastructure is some blogging software or a cms. Am I missing something?

If a party member wants to have independent editorial control, they need to have their own infrastructure

Bernie, thanks for your comment. However, I’m not sure what you mean by “their own infrastructure”. Aine Brady’s site is on a shared server owned by American Pro Servers in NY, Shane’s site is on a server intriguingly called siteanal owned by Designer Servers in the UK.
All they need, as I understand it, in terms of infrastructure is some blogging software or a cms.
Am I missing something?

]]> By: John McCormac http://www.tomrafteryit.net/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-614 John McCormac Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:23:36 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/#comment-614 The centralised control issue is a very interesting one - nicely spotted Tom. I think that this could be a web dry run for the next general election as far as FF is concerned. Each politician is entitled to have their own .ie domain name and it would be interesting to see if they are all being flipped from the ordinary hosters to a central FF server. The website IPs for the FF pols should therefore all be the same. The centralised control issue is a very interesting one - nicely spotted Tom.

I think that this could be a web dry run for the next general election as far as FF is concerned. Each politician is entitled to have their own .ie domain name and it would be interesting to see if they are all being flipped from the ordinary hosters to a central FF server. The website IPs for the FF pols should therefore all be the same.

]]> By: Bernie Goldbach http://www.tomrafteryit.net/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Bernie Goldbach Fri, 04 Mar 2005 04:30:59 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/fianna-fail-controls-the-content-of-candidates-blogs/#comment-613 Niall Kearns Mills wrote the first major revision of the Fianna Fail website using PHP. I think the current web diary project extends that codebase. If a party member wants to have independent editorial control, they need to have their own infrastructure (like the first FF politician, http://www.johnmcguinness.com ) Niall Kearns Mills wrote the first major revision of the Fianna Fail website using PHP. I think the current web diary project extends that codebase. If a party member wants to have independent editorial control, they need to have their own infrastructure (like the first FF politician, http://www.johnmcguinness.com )

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