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'Very, Very Major' Social Media Site Co-Founder: Obamacare Technology 'Sucks'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 10/23/2013 6:37:27 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Don't take it from conservatives. The co-founder of a "very, very major social-media site" has said the criticism of the Obamacare website is fair because the "technology sucks."

So reported Willie Geist on today's Morning Joe, telling panelists that the person he interviewed was co-founder of a site so major that they would all know it and might have it open on their computers as he spoke.

View the video here.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obamacare; socialmedia; technology; williegeist
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1 posted on 10/23/2013 6:37:27 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...

Obamacare problems go way beyond “glitches.” So now what? Ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 10/23/2013 6:38:07 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Intended not to work?
Just another way to funnel tax money to his supporters?


3 posted on 10/23/2013 6:38:46 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Yet, this very very major authority doesn’t want to be identified.

Such are the ways of a communist state.


4 posted on 10/23/2013 6:39:18 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Guess the ObamaBots will have to check their email surveillance records to see how extensive this treason to the throne is and who else they will have the IRS audit.


5 posted on 10/23/2013 6:42:00 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I write software for a living

Obamacare site is a major disaster of epic proportions

look at it yourself!

go to the site, right-click on ‘apply now’, and save to your computer- it will generate the code and save it in a html file

Open it with an editor and look at it- it is CRAPOLA


6 posted on 10/23/2013 6:42:14 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Isn’t 0bama giving the website the few twerks it needs to get itself straightened out?


7 posted on 10/23/2013 6:43:05 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
If the WEB SITE sucks, imagine how the LAW's failure!

Honestly, are there NO intelligent human beings LEFT in the Democrat party?!?!!!??

8 posted on 10/23/2013 6:43:51 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Obama liked the software because they threw in the floppy disks it was stored on for free.


9 posted on 10/23/2013 6:44:10 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The very latest in 90’s and early 2000’s technology!


10 posted on 10/23/2013 6:44:11 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: MrB
Intended not to work?

Seems to me that a law "Deemed" passed under false pretenses should be nullified by the supreme court.
11 posted on 10/23/2013 6:47:33 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: MrB

I say, it is under a curse.

God is in a situation here (as always) where He is working to keep the good from going to pot, while getting the evil to fail. Sometimes this looks like hardly caring about the evil, when in fact a long, patient plan is in effect until finally the coup de grace becomes humanly visible. Software is a very notorious point of failure. It is literally by the grace of God that (in general, beyond trivial cases) the edifice of software works. There’s a Paraclete (Holy Spirit) out there actually preventing it from being faced with situations that would bring human systems to a catastrophic failure.

Health care means a lot to the Lord. Modern medical science is one of His chief graces in this age. It is only logical that the Great Physician cares about obstructions to this. God seeks to bless, not to curse, but men’s egos get in the way far too often. Obamacare was the bridge too far, as it looks quite likely.


12 posted on 10/23/2013 6:47:39 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I do indeed see God’s sovereignty in this.
Like I tell my kids, “when things don’t go as planned, look for God’s hand.”


13 posted on 10/23/2013 6:51:37 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Goooooooooooooooooooooooogle......................
14 posted on 10/23/2013 6:54:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: Mr. K

Product of India.


15 posted on 10/23/2013 7:02:57 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Mr. K
The even larger problem is the design. How can you design a system when the specs (rules yet to be written by "the Secretary") are not complete.

How can we (the evil administration) fix this?

Well, by eliminating the confusion caused by all those insurance companies and their myriad products.

We will define a few policies and implement single-payer.

See, now the website works!

16 posted on 10/23/2013 7:04:25 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Respect can not be demanded, it must be earned.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Note that the source wasn’t willing to go on the record with his comments ...


17 posted on 10/23/2013 7:05:18 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: SoFloFreeper

Even worse, I think there’s no humans left in the Democrat pary.

If there ever was.


18 posted on 10/23/2013 7:12:56 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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To: Mr. K
Open it with an editor and look at it- it is CRAPOLA

I did, and I've seen worse. At east they gave responsive design a shot. I see Bootstrap classes in the HTML, but do not see the call to bootstrap. They must have bundled the bootstrap code with their own. Although turning off pinch zoom for phones is a terrible idea. SEO seems pretty solid from what I've seen with the Angularjs type directory calls.

I haven't looked at the CSS and JS. They have an HTML5 doctype, but I don't see any HTML5 tags in the homepage. Accessibility could be better, but it's not bad. I'd give the homepage front end a C-. Most of the deductions are from the poor scripting inside the HTML. It's a bit thrown together and lacks fit and finish polish.

The BACKEND is the problem.

19 posted on 10/23/2013 7:23:36 AM PDT by numberonepal (First they came for Sarah, then they came for Herman.....)
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To: cripplecreek

That “deem it passed and vote on the amendments” was the Louise Slaughter rule. They didn’t actually use it.


20 posted on 10/23/2013 7:37:06 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Government: Slimy used car salesmen writing laws forcing you to buy their cars)
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