JALANDHAR: When the reliance on social media for campaigning is already prime, Facebook has offered a brand new instrument in India – 2019 Candidates Tools - for profiles and pages of candidates contesting parliamentary election. It will also allow all candidates to create and add brief movies of 20 seconds each and every for answering a setof 4 questions about their priorities.
A question about corruption has been included in the set. These movies will appear to their electorate. FB has made it clear that handiest movies from authentic Lok Sabha caniddates will appear to electorate before polling day and in case one was now not a candidate then his/her movies would now not appear to electorate.
Providing the technical tips for making and uploading the movies, Each candidate would have to resolution similar set of questions after introducing themselves: What will you do to cut back corruption;what is the biggest drawback in your space; what's going to you do about it in case you are elected; and what previous success displays that you are going to do a good task as a member of Lok Sabha? Candidates could have handiest 20 seconds for each and every video. The electorate on FB would be capable to watch movies from other candidates in a couple of weeks. “In Punjab, 80 lakh electorate are on Facebook and FB is more widespread among Punjabi netizens than other social media platforms. This will be a major instrument for the candidates to succeed in out to their constituents,” mentioned Himanshu Pathak, Punjab Congress vice-president, who also runs his personal company for social media campaign and election strategy.
A question about corruption has been included in the set. These movies will appear to their electorate. FB has made it clear that handiest movies from authentic Lok Sabha caniddates will appear to electorate before polling day and in case one was now not a candidate then his/her movies would now not appear to electorate.
Providing the technical tips for making and uploading the movies, Each candidate would have to resolution similar set of questions after introducing themselves: What will you do to cut back corruption;what is the biggest drawback in your space; what's going to you do about it in case you are elected; and what previous success displays that you are going to do a good task as a member of Lok Sabha? Candidates could have handiest 20 seconds for each and every video. The electorate on FB would be capable to watch movies from other candidates in a couple of weeks. “In Punjab, 80 lakh electorate are on Facebook and FB is more widespread among Punjabi netizens than other social media platforms. This will be a major instrument for the candidates to succeed in out to their constituents,” mentioned Himanshu Pathak, Punjab Congress vice-president, who also runs his personal company for social media campaign and election strategy.
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