I blogged earlier today about Steffan Browning signing a Change.org petition to get the WHO to use homeopathy to combat Ebola. Needless to say this story has been picked up by the mainstream media. The Herald, and Stuff are both carrying the story. This morning Russel Brown said:
Steffan Browning, Ebola and Homeopathy
Russel Brown has just tweeted something interesting:
Labour’s Rainy Day
Labour weekend, for many it is a chance to celebrate the gains made in workers rights over the years, or talk about the issues seen as still facing workers. However for most in New Zealand it is a chance to enjoy time with family, or get paid penal rates at work. There are many events that are scheduled for Labour weekend. But, as we can all remember, Labour weekend has a habit of being pretty wet and misrable. Yesterday Labour leveraged off that with the following graphic:
Leveraging off an element of Labour day that we have all grown accustomed to to generate engagement has worked. The image has 52 shares and over 50 comments. Which, compared to the level of engagement that the National Party page is getting post election, is highly successful.
Twitter conversation of the day 25 October: Philip and Tracey
One of the great things about social media is the ability for other users to bring up information that is out there, and other users are interested in, but they don’t have the drive, or knowledge, to go and get it. That is what Philip did this morning:
Twitter Stats: 24 October
Most Tweets by an MP:
National: Chris Bishop 54, Simon O’Connor 48, Jo Goodhew 33.
Labour: Clare Curran 89, Trevor Mallard 85, Ruth Dyson 76.
Greens: Catherine Delahunty 124, Russel Norman 59, James Shaw 53.
NZF: Tracey Martin 26, Clayton Mitchell 5, Fletcher Tabuteau 2.
Others: Marama Fox 294, Peter Dunne 53, David Seymour 18.
