Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, celebrated the 4th web 2.0 style by launching Campaigns Wikia, a social wiki for political campaigns. (For those not familiar, a Wiki is a community edited online encyclopedia, in this case open to the public.)
I look forward to seeing Camapaigns Wikia develop into an online discourse that takes a look at the issues, candidates' platforms, and the parties' strategies, aside from the 2-dimensional PR posturing. Though there are other nonpartisan camaign trail sites, few have the interactive power to leverage large communities. Wikia can be a space to lay down the facts, sort out histories from rumor, and keep track of all the double-talk that candidates think they can leave at the union rally as they drive-off to meet the suits of the industrial lobby.
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