Facebook Co-Founder Hughes Gives NAMIC Keynote

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes opened the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications‘ 23rd Annual NAMIC Conference with a keynote address in which he discussed how social-networking services have changed the way people communicate with each other, as well as the creation of the my.barackobama.com Website, Multichannel News reported.

Hughes on social-networking sites:

That’s making our world more transparent—as we see more and more info coming online…you can filter it to determine what is right (for you). The more information we have, the more equipped we are to make good decisions.

Hughes on my.barackobama.com:

Everything we did on the (social) network was about getting people active, which means giving people a voice. We created a culture of creation on the campaign.

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