The 2008 Presidential Candidates on Digg

The two Presidential candidates don't seem to be doing much on Digg these days, aside from a handful of submitted stories. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have extensive profiles, but neither one's campaign staff do anything to maintain their Digg accounts. What's the point of having this ghost presence on a social networking site? To both campaigns: at least have an intern doing an hour of work a day- adding friends, digging stories, submitting news; it could really help your news control system out! After a couple weeks of this, there's no doubt that both of them would have legions of followers, with the capability to amass Diggs on recently submitted news items with a simple "shout".

Pathetically, there were only 5 news stories submitted between the two candidates combined. Barack's only item was his announcement to open up the convention, and McCain's handful regard endorsements, announcements, and various news. If you're going to partake in social networking and the internet in general, its not too much to ask to actually participate in these communities, especially with the prevalence of interns both campaigns have at their disposal. Otherwise, stear clear...I mean, c'mon Barack, active "17 days ago"?! Lame!