Facebook: The Future Home of Flame Wars

Computer World Reports:

ABC News reporters embedded with presidential candidates throughout the race will post news stories, blogs and photographs from the campaign trail directly onto Facebook, ABC said. A section of the application called Debate Groups will allow Facebook members to post and share thoughts about the campaign, especially during the nominating conventions of the political parties next year. (Full Story)

I've gotta say, this seems an awful lot like ABC and Facebook is teaming up to basically create message boards for people to bitch about candidates on. Debates? More like preaching to the choir of people who already support a candidate and adding fuel to the fire of people attacking other candidates. Plus this rings a little too fmailiar after CNN and their YouTube debate where people were allowed to submit video questions....which CNN sifted through and selected certain ones that basically gave candidates a chance to practice their canned responses. Web 2.0 is about interaction and ABC and Facebook are not acting as a platform for communication but rather an excuse for two organizations to get some news coverage while the voters still have no real interaction with the candidates.