Icelandic politics on Facebook
I have been watching closely how Obama is embracing the Government 2.0 ideas and effectively engaging with people through the medium of the web.
So with nothing better to do, I decided to do a quick survey on how the Icelandic political parties are using Facebook.
Framsókn
174 members, 2 discussion topics and 11 wall posts
Frjálslyndi flokkurinn
I could not find an official group but the youngsters have 12 fans and a couple of photos from last October
Vinstri Grænir
128 members and 7 wall posts
Samfylkingin
Again, no official group but the local branch in Akureyri launched a group yesterday and have 21 members, 2 discussion topics and 15 photos.
Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn
217 members, 2 wall posts, 1 photo and 2 videos.
To contrast this, Appelsínugulir (orange) a group of peaceful protesters created a group last week and at the point of writing this, have 16915 members, 7 discussion threas, 165 wall posts, 24 photos and 11 posted items.
