Who Will Be The First President of the Internet?
So now that we’re all clear on how to use mob psychology to launch a googlebomb, I guess it’s time to start mounting meaningful campaigns to own vital terms and titles. Such as in the case of the coming power struggle to own the coveted title:
President of the Internet
On one side, you’ve got the initiator, the one who seized the crown by force, who elected himself before any of us knew we could vote. Mr. Dan James, a web biz guy and occassional drummer.
And then there’s Brian Root, the dark horse candidate hailing from his home in the Voltron message boards. His minions are scraping together all kinds of propaganda (of course he stands for ponies and carebears!) and if his followers are as dedicated to interlocking robotic panthers as they are to their candidate, then oh boy this is going to be bloody.
Finally, there’s Maddox, the Internet’s own Che Guevara and disgruntled mercenary-heckler. A man who didn’t need to run, his followers did the dirty work.
A current search has James in the lead, Maddox in second, Root in last. But the Root fellow just announced his candidacy last week, so anything could happen here. Mr. Root would probably be my diplomatic choice, especially if we could get a picture of him kissing a Furry’s baby. And, seriously, the Voltron Message Board is as meager and humble of a beginning we’ve seen since Lincoln.
