Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, is launching a web site in which visitors will be able to interact with each other and discuss various campaign-related events and tasks.

From news.com:

Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois and apparent presidential hopeful, will be launching a social-networking feature on his site, BarackObama.com, Saturday, according to a video message he released Friday.

In telling his supporters to be ready for an important Saturday morning announcement from Springfield, Ill., his exploratory committee headquarters, he invited people to join what sounds like a MySpace for his supporters.

He describes it as “a tool to organize your friends, neighbors and networks.” Members will be able to build their own profile, form affinity groups, plan events, and, of course, donate money to his campaign. As if that’s not enough, Obama wants his fans to chronicle their “campaign experiences” on their personal blogs.

This could turn out to be a wonderful help or a terrible headache, depending on how they handle people’s comments. I can imagine a lot of folks who don’t want Obama in the White House signing up and bashing the candidate. I can also imagine a lot of spam making its way on this site if they’re not careful. I wonder how they’re planning on policing it.

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