More on Obama and Facebook

Today's Washington Post contains an article on the proliferation of Facebook pages dedicated to mobilizing support for Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. The article exemplifies some of the possibilities discussed in the "Networked Democracy" essay we read. There is also some discussion of what I think is the more interesting story, the appropriation by Obama's site of the MySpace/Facebook social networking format. It remains to be seen whether this device will translate into something that really propels his candidacy, but it's certainly something worth keeping an eye on.