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In reply to the discussion: Is this the Kerry 2016 thread? [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)through NO fault of the head amin (it was NOT his fault), who directly ran the official Kerry website in 2003, and the Kerry-Edwards official web site forum after the VP was picked(again it was NOT the admin of that sites fault, it was someone in the Kerry camp).
the entire public forum board was 100% hidden from the public view.
All the people back then, in the early stages of the net, before twitter and other social media,
who thought their words were being seen nationally(fools we were I admit) were NOT being seen as it was hidden from public view and back then taken out of google search and other search engines too.
therefore, it was a colassal waste of time and energy.
It was also NOT JKerry's fault either.Again,it was the early days of the net, and things done more old school then as opposed to now.
the website itself was seen, but the forum part for a good chunk of time, was hidden to anyone not signed in or knowing the backdoor into the place or having it favored.
There were no links apparent to any fan of Kerry/Edwards who didn't know about it.
It was someone in the campaign who took it upon himself to do just that.
A smart person nowadays does indeed know what is being said, or has staff who does it,
as it is a gage of popularity of different topics.
Might not alter a mindframe, but people do google themselves(or other search engine search)
and see what is being said(and this site is searchable worldwide.)
Same with some of the other larger sites.
again, NO blame here either for Mr. Kerry or for the head admin of that other place years ago(the JK website, then the official JK/JE for President site.)
Just stating a fact the posters were only told about months later when that site morphed into a later site that had people from all sides on it.