We just rolled out a new feature that allows Minekey users on Facebook to set their opinions as Facebook Status Messages. This is a great way to get your friends to notice your opinions and vote on them. Won’t that be Fun?

You don’t have to pick your opinions only. You can pick anyone’s opinion for your Status Message. Minekey has plenty of controversial opinions and funny opinions which would make great Status Messages.

Through Minekey you can connect with people beyond your immediate social circle and gain more friends. Posting an update as a Minekey opinion and setting it as Facebook Status Message can bring more interaction and participation to your Status Updates.

Let the fun multiply! To set your opinion or anyone else’s opinion as a Status Message on your Facebook profile, click on the “set as your status” link just beneath the opinion. Check out the slide show below for step by step details. If you have any questions or need any additional help send an email to community AT minekey DOT com.

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama offer very different solutions to jumpstarting the economy and reversing the housing crisis, and those differences are boldly contrasted by voting patterns on the Minekey 2008 Election microsite.

So far, over 3,000 people have voted on each of the candidates’ economic stimulus and housing policies. 82% of users have voted in support of Obama’s economic plan, and 23% in favor of McCain’s proposed solutions to the housing crisis.

A Landslide Victory for Obama?

Although Obama has taken the lead with three weeks left in the campaign, the overwhelming support for his policies by members of the Minekey community is not at all consistent with current polls which track the political sentiments of the average American voter. One possible explanation for this big variation is the global demographic which makes up the Minekey community. With regular users from the U.S. and over 100 other countries posting opinions, voting, and commenting on others, Minekey opinions provide truly international perspectives on current issues and trends.

Recent polls conducted by both the Economist and the Reader’s Digest magazines asked 1,000+ respondents from countries other than the U.S. who they would vote for if they could choose the next U.S. President. The numbers from each poll are similar to those emerging on the Minekey Election microsite, suggesting also that Obama would achieve a landslide victory if everyone in the world could vote in this election.

Of those who voted in the Reader’s Digest poll, 90% of Dutch and 85% of Germans would vote for Obama. Similarly, of those who voted in the Economist’s “Global Electoral College” poll, 88% of British and 86% of Japanese would also vote for Obama.

The Minekey Election 2008 portal gives Americans and global citizens a unique forum to learn, vote upon and debate the policies of the Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates.

SUNNYVALE, CA – October 14, 2008 – Minekey, a leading place for online discussion, has just launched its Election 2008 microsite, to provide a forum for global citizens to discover, vote upon and discuss the key issues being debated between Barack Obama and John McCain, the two candidates for President of the United States.

Anyone can join the conversation on Minekey, and vote upon and discuss the issues which are central today to the welfare and prosperity of America and the world. Obama and McCain’s positions on twenty key issues are presented for users to vote upon and discuss, including taxes, health care, housing, energy, the environment, Iraq, gun control, and abortion.

To date, over 2 million people have participated in discussions on Minekey, and many have shared their opinions on politics. Minekey’s application on Facebook is among the top 5 in politics category. So far, users have expressed several thousand opinions on Minekey about Obama and McCain, and all the important issues relevant for this election.

“Minekey provides a forum for people to share their opinions and have deep discussions on political issues,” say Minekey CEO Delip Andra. “As the current economic crisis is global, voters and foreign citizens alike are paying close attention to the policy proposals of the two presidential candidates, and Minekey delivers a powerful way for anyone to express their opinion about McCain and Obama’s respective platforms, and contribute to user generated polls on related issues that impact us all.”

Click here to view the Minekey 2008 Election site.

Frank Borsellino is yesterday’s lucky winner of the Minekey “Friends Invite” Contest, and gets a new iPod Nano as the prize!

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Invite 100 or more friends to Minekey, and become eligible to win the daily contest. Check back here on the blog for daily announcements of winners.

For contest details, click here.

Harshal Charhate is yesterday’s lucky winner of the Minekey “Friends Invite” Contest, and gets a new iPod Nano as the prize!

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Invite 100 or more friends to Minekey, and become eligible to win the daily contest. Check back here on the blog for daily announcements of winners.

For contest details, click here.