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eniwetok

(1,629 posts)
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 03:43 PM Sep 2016

if all this energy could be directed to some purpose...

Forums are a great place for news. But when I think about all this energy that goes into forums... how much of it is endlessly rehashing some issues over and over?

I keep thinking about how a campaign might hinge on a single issue, zinger in a debate, a new protest, or ad campaign. Wouldn't it be more productive to create a forum that could be used just as a "think tank" of sorts to come up with some suggestions for the Hillary campaign?

Just a thought.

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if all this energy could be directed to some purpose... (Original Post) eniwetok Sep 2016 OP
You should start one. n/t demmiblue Sep 2016 #1
I remember the same idea proposed back in 04. eniwetok Sep 2016 #4
Move On Once Had On-Line "Think Tank" eniwetok Sep 2016 #2
If I had any energy at the moment, I wouldn't be sitting on my ass... stone space Sep 2016 #3
lol JI7 Sep 2016 #5

eniwetok

(1,629 posts)
4. I remember the same idea proposed back in 04.
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 03:50 PM
Sep 2016

I remember the same idea suggested back in 04 to support the Kerry Campaign.

eniwetok

(1,629 posts)
2. Move On Once Had On-Line "Think Tank"
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 03:48 PM
Sep 2016

Up until about 10 years ago Move On had what I'd dub an on-line think tank. It set up forums to come to some resolution on some very specific issues... slogans for T-shirts, whatever. They abandoned these smaller forums in favor of one large forum to provide input on issues to the MO leadership. But that forum was discontinued about 10 years ago.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
3. If I had any energy at the moment, I wouldn't be sitting on my ass...
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 03:49 PM
Sep 2016

...in front of a computer.

It takes me about as much energy to post here as it does for me to watch TV.

Now, if only all that TV-watching energy could be somehow tapped into and harnessed...



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