Accrington Web - View Single Post - Forget Eton's playing fields. Think Accy Web.

garinda · 28-02-2010, 22:04

According to today's Sunday Times, forums like Accrington Web might be at the very epicentre of the forthcoming General Election.

'IT’S a parallel world where David Cameron smacks his daughter, civil servants emerge from No 10 with black eyes and Tony Blair votes for the Tories because he thinks they are on the side of multi-millionaires like him. Welcome to a web election that is using digitally altered posters, video “mash-ups” and internet trickery in what many politicians believe is the future of campaigning'

'It is being fought not by party machines but activists and members of the public on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites. Supporters of Labour and the Tories are using Photoshop techniques to hijack party messages and substitute their own attacks instead.'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7043919.ece

Mancie's certainly played his part, and made sure Accy Web is part of the people's internet election revolution.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ter-51386.html

This clip was mentionedin the article, so I just had to search it out.

'Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.'
- George Orwell.

Vive la Revolution...and the part internet forums like Accy Web are playing.

28-02-2010, 22:04	#1
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Forget Eton's playing fields. Think Accy Web. According to today's Sunday Times, forums like Accrington Web might be at the very epicentre of the forthcoming General Election. 'IT’S a parallel world where David Cameron smacks his daughter, civil servants emerge from No 10 with black eyes and Tony Blair votes for the Tories because he thinks they are on the side of multi-millionaires like him. Welcome to a web election that is using digitally altered posters, video “mash-ups” and internet trickery in what many politicians believe is the future of campaigning' 'It is being fought not by party machines but activists and members of the public on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites. Supporters of Labour and the Tories are using Photoshop techniques to hijack party messages and substitute their own attacks instead.' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7043919.ece Mancie's certainly played his part, and made sure Accy Web is part of the people's internet election revolution. http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ter-51386.html This clip was mentionedin the article, so I just had to search it out. 'Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.' - George Orwell. Vive la Revolution...and the part internet forums like Accy Web are playing. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.