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I'm trying to understand the negativity of the article. Isn't trying to get our baby boomer aged politicians onto new technology and communications channels a

I'm trying to understand the negativity of the article. Isn't trying to get our baby boomer aged politicians onto new technology and communications channels a good thing? Or are we just going to write off anybody anybody who isn't already "with it"?

aklemm 11y ago
That was a strange and completely unnecessary angle for the author to take. I don't get it.
- mfoy_ 11y ago
  Agreed, the tone of the article was "Who the hell doesn't know what Twitter is? Haha, what losers!" which is a really alienating and negative attitude to take towards the uninitiated.
bargl 11y ago
I was actually thinking that this manual would be great for people like my dad! He isn't a politician but it would help him figure out how to use it and having a manual he could use would make him much more comfortable getting started on a new product. He currently uses Facebook and I get the feeling a Facebook manual would be helpful for him, but I wonder how long that manual would be and if there would be any overlap with this one.
- Ensorceled 11y ago
  That was exactly my reaction (just for my Mom :-). While reading the article I kept getting the feeling the author was mocking my mother ...
ZachPruckowski 11y ago
I know, right? I work with a lot of politicians and they run the gamut from "tech savvy 30-year-old" to "grandpa who still uses AOL". Any product which wants to appeal to the entire population needs to be able to explain itself to that range of people. If you want to move beyond the bleeding-edge techie crowd and the Millenials you've got to be able to sell yourself to the people who don't grow up with computers.
aggieben 11y ago
I completely agree: the pictures in the article make the manual look brilliant: simple enough for anyone to understand, but detailed enough to get the most out of the tool. Every social media platform should have this manual.

aklemm 11y ago

That was a strange and completely unnecessary angle for the author to take. I don't get it.

mfoy_ 11y ago
Agreed, the tone of the article was "Who the hell doesn't know what Twitter is? Haha, what losers!" which is a really alienating and negative attitude to take towards the uninitiated.

bargl 11y ago

I was actually thinking that this manual would be great for people like my dad! He isn't a politician but it would help him figure out how to use it and having a manual he could use would make him much more comfortable getting started on a new product. He currently uses Facebook and I get the feeling a Facebook manual would be helpful for him, but I wonder how long that manual would be and if there would be any overlap with this one.

Ensorceled 11y ago
That was exactly my reaction (just for my Mom :-). While reading the article I kept getting the feeling the author was mocking my mother ...

ZachPruckowski 11y ago

I know, right? I work with a lot of politicians and they run the gamut from "tech savvy 30-year-old" to "grandpa who still uses AOL". Any product which wants to appeal to the entire population needs to be able to explain itself to that range of people. If you want to move beyond the bleeding-edge techie crowd and the Millenials you've got to be able to sell yourself to the people who don't grow up with computers.

aggieben 11y ago

I completely agree: the pictures in the article make the manual look brilliant: simple enough for anyone to understand, but detailed enough to get the most out of the tool. Every social media platform should have this manual.