At the end of last year, the staff of then Taipei City mayoral candidate Chen Shui-bian foresaw the popularity of this "newly developed medium" on college campuses and were the first to use it to disseminate their political agenda. Shortly after, the other two candidates followed suit.
去年底台北市長候選人陳水扁的幕僚也預見這「新興媒體」在學院派的普及率，首先利用網路促銷政見，稍後另外兩位候選人也跟進。