An Illustration of How Our Posts Here at DU and Elsewhere May Be Amplified and Spread

[bigtree]

I posted this thread Romney In Retreat at 11:56 AM today.

At about 12:30 PM the post showed up on the Google search list (by date) for 'Barack Obama' with the underlying headline: Romney has held five positions on his tax returns in just four weeks

here's the way it looked on Google:

Romney has held five positions on his tax returns in just four weeks
‎Democratic Underground - 13 minutes ago
____ About a month ago, Mitt Romney was asked whether he'd release his tax returns. He said, “I doubt it,” adding, “I don't intend to. ...

I actually got the title they used from a Democratic National Committee twitter post this morning:

TheDemocrats
Mitt Romney has held five positions on his tax returns in just four weeks. That's impressive even for Romney. j.mp/w1Os8w

Someone at the DNC put that thought out there, I picked it up and used it in the body of another compilation of info in a post here at Du, and it took yet another form and leap to the Google list (by date) for 'Barack Obama'.

Interesting.

[bemildred]

1. Good, this place needs to be more widely read anyway. We appreciate the help. nt

[bigtree]

2. should make folks more thoughtful (and determined) about what we post

. . . and include in the body of our threads

[bemildred]

3. Why?

You think we should censor ourselves out of fear or something?

[bigtree]

4. well that's just a cynical way to look at it; a presumptuous one as well

. . . assuming that I want to 'censor' anyone because I believe it should make us more 'thoughtful' and 'determined' about what we post.

Way to miss the point.

[bemildred]

7. This is a discussion board, not a propaganda outlet.

People come here to say what they think, not to push someone elses agenda. There are places for that, this isn't one of them.

[bigtree]

17. who says we don't believe what we publish? Why can't we agree with what other people write

. . . and promote it here? It's been done.

You're full of strawmen.

[bemildred]

22. I dunno, where did you see that? nt

[bigtree]

24. it was in response to your comment about pushing 'someone elses agenda'

. . . and 'propaganda'.

I mentioned the DNC line because it demonstrated how ideas get amplified and elevated in our posts, here at DU and elsewhere. That line happened to mesh with my own thinking and the premise behind the compilation of info in my post. That's why I used it, not because I was merely 'pushing propaganda'.

Do you have some problem with the sentence I got from the DNC twitter post that I used in my subtitle? Folks here amplify all sorts of writings and statements here they agree with. Is that 'pushing propaganda?' If it is, so be it. There's absolutely nothing wrong with amplifying and spreading our Democratic message and agenda.

[bemildred]

26. Ah, you were saying that, I see.

Well, you can do what you like, like I said, but that's not what I come here for, or a lot of other people here.

[Mojorabbit]

21. +100 nt

[FarLeftFist]

5. No, but 'think before we speak' is always a good start to apply to any situation.

That's the problem with our country and the press, the biggest idiots always seem the most vocal. (not directed at anyone personally, well maybe Limbaugh)

[bemildred]

8. So if I worry first, then I can say what I like? nt

[FarLeftFist]

12. I have no authority here, feel free to say whatever you like. Personally,

I think this country could benefit from the Golden Rule and thinking before we speak.

[bemildred]

14. Me neither, you can say what you like too.

[FarLeftFist]

18. Was this really a response to my post or misplaced?

My post wasn't responding to your post, which is informative btw.

[bigtree]

20. mispost

sorry

[ecstatic]

19. I agree nt

[MattBaggins]

6. Who said on MSNBC yesterday about Romney

"He is not a flip flopper. He has been a consistent windsock his entire career."

[bemildred]

9. Exactly, you have to have principles in order to abandon them. nt

[opihimoimoi]

10. Traits we don't cotton to. Ewwwww.....

[pinboy3niner]

11. It was Christine O'Donnell who first gave him a backhanded endorsement, lol

"He's been consistent since he changed his mind"
--Christine O'Donnell on Mitt Romney

[mfcorey1]

13. I also feel Huff Po follows what we post. I know that on two ocassions, I have posted information a

day later Huff Po pops up with an article about the same topic. One was I asked where was Pat Buchanan and a day later they began articles quesitoning why he was not appearing on shows. Again, I asked a question about Sarah Palin and Trig and two day later Klein was writing these articles about how Sarah was unfairly being questioned about being Trig's mother. There are other examples too.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

23. Google "noose tightens around relativity"

DU #2!

[bigtree]

25. heh

[highplainsdem]

27. It took just 7 minutes this morning for my LBN post to turn up in Google News results:

This topic:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101435682

This is what showed up when I checked Google News under the keyword romney just minutes later:

Romney Tax Break Rejected as Welfare for Rich in Investor Poll
‎Democratic Underground - 7 minutes ago
As the release of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 2010 tax return heats up debate over a 15 percent top rate on so-called carried interest, ...