June 24, 2003
It Ain't Heavy, It's My Server
Now, wouldn’t it stand to reason that a web site with as much savvy as Moveon.org would have been ready for the traffic it received today? Well it wasn’t quite ready. Maybe I’ve been in the web content side of the business too long, but wasn’t there one IT person who said ‘let’s do whatever we have to’ to keep the site running?
So now the site’s back up and running and the downtime was just over an hour. So big deal, right? But it makes me wonder why this online vote is so important when the Wisconsin Straw Poll online vote wasn’t? And of course I’m aware of the difference in volume. But let’s face it - both are pretty pointless in that harmless sort of fun way. So I’m more curious now as to why candidates boycotted and the DNC got all officious about the Wisconsin time-waster.
Posted by 9thwave at June 24, 2003 09:00 PMWhy is an online vote more important than grassroots organizing?
I think it’s a belief among some online political folk that political mindshare and voting is moving towards the Internet.
Me? I’m not sure yet.
Posted by: Rick at June 24, 2003 10:02 PMI’ve got to wonder if this (http://www.right-thinking.com/comments.php?id=P1845_0_1_0) has something to do with Moveon.org’s unexpectedly heavy traffic.
I don’t support this sort of thing, but I think conducting an online poll certainly opens groups like this to abuse.
Posted by: Greg at June 24, 2003 11:09 PMThe reason the MoveOn primary is important is money. If any candidate gets the 50% nod they could potentially receive millions in campaign donations through MoveOn efforts.
Posted by: Chris Andersen at June 25, 2003 01:53 AMGreg,
That’s the first thing that came to mind: Either there are more disgruntled democrats than they expected or the republicans are piling on and voting for Kucinich, Sharpton, and Moseley-Braun.
Posted by: citizen Able at June 25, 2003 02:22 PM
