Comments on: I am the only one who finds Change.gov disappointing

By: josh

josh — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:20:54 +0000

Features like those at obamacto.org would be cool …

By: Michelle Murrain

Michelle Murrain — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:20:16 +0000

Well, being one of the ones that was tweeting about it, I'll have weigh in as to why I was so moved. After years of a completely opaque, untrustworthy government, with no online engagement whatever, change.gov seemed to be the harbinger of a totally different kind of wind blowing. And just for that, and that only, I was moved.

If you are comparing it to something that we would think would reflect the kinds of online engagement that we nonprofit web2.0-savvy geeks have come to expect - well, of course it's disappointing!! But after 8 years of Bushco???? I'm floored.

By: Kari Chisholm

Kari Chisholm — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:07:31 +0000

You're not the only one. Here's Pat Ryan's review at BlueOregon.

By: ThomasT

ThomasT — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:44:38 +0000

Thanks for saying this. While I don’t find it “disappointing,” per se, I wasn’t blown away by it in the way that I was expecting to be after reading all the tweets from people who generally know from awesome. After the awesomeness and openness that was/is barackobama.com, this is a good Web site that demonstrates some commitment to outward transparency, but not much more.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:23:59 +0000

Yes, Jon, you are the only one.

Actually, I agree with you. It's cool and great that they launched a site so quickly, and I like the intention. It's just a web site, however, and not a great one (yet?). The campaign has amassed lots of contacts and information, and are clearly savvy about web technologies. Hopefully this will translate into the way the administration operates.