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presidential debates

MySpace was pretty active to support ‘08 electoral process and now they are launching new site – MyDebates.org. Website  will offer live streaming video and real time polling for MySpace users starting from debate day one which is on September 26.

Te see presidential debates live you will nee to downlad application which will be available before the the first presidential debate so stay tuned.

Additionally, ‘MyDebates.org’ will feature high-quality video streaming and as the candidates are speaking, “issue icons” will light up as candidates discuss specific main topics. Users will be polled periodically throughout the debates with short questions with multiple choice answers (or iconic responses, e.g. thumbs-up/ down). This format will reduce distraction while eliciting specific and valuable feedback.

Immediately following each debate, ‘MyDebates.org’ will house videos of the debates in their entirety, available for viewing at any time. Videos will be “bookmarked” to allow users to easily jump to their important issues, and will be searchable and tagged by event, candidate, issues, and questions asked of the candidates. Users can also “share,” “comment” and “rate” links in the Video Clip Player. MySpaceTV will host the debate clips which will be accessible to anyone on the Internet.

I’m happy to see that social network potential are being used to rise activity of voters and users are motivated to take a part in election process. You can say exactly how big can be impact of such activities but knowing how huge are MySpace user base you can try to imagine.

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