"What I wonder is this: Do the folks who are promulgating these rules really understand what social media is? This letter seems to aim specifically at video, but has been drafted in such a way that sites like Twitter, Utterz, and Friendfeed all end up in the mix as well.
As a citizen, I would much rather be engaging you on a real-time basis. It benefits Congress to be transparent and open with us. One of Obama's planks is transparency and open government. There isn't anything that's much more transparent than engagement of voters via social media. Obama uses it regularly -- Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, etc. (though his use of Twitter isn't what I'd like it to be).
Is this ignorance? I think it is. The question is, how do we educate them before they try to push these rules through?" - Karoli
Yes, I appreciate Culberson's willingness to engage in a dialogue on Twitter and the blog. Whether I agree or disagree politically, I feel like he really 'gets it'. - Karoli via twhirl
I put a little something on my bog, mainly to link my family to you and Aaron. - Adrienne Van Houten
"I don't really think his videos should be excluded from a deal because he did some really horrible ones earlier.
However, I thought the technigga videos were not only in bad taste, I didn't think they were even slightly funny, which is why I stopped watching his videos long before he started playing with puppets.
I guess I'm not much of a genius, because I just don't see a lot of what Loren does as funny, even though others think he's hysterical. Steve Gillmor considers him a comedic genius. I think he's inconsistent, and resorts to the easy slam to make the joke.
But that's me. I'm not a fan of humor at others' expense unless the 'other' is a willing participant.
Beyond that, I will not pay the kind of rates the cell companies want to watch video content that they decide is suitable to cross their network. The big companies are getting greedy with these 'extra charges', and I think it will come back to bite them and their content providers in the days to come." - Karoli
