More and more we see different companies and organizations taking blogging to new levels to help there business grow...But how far can they take it is the question?
Many people say the government should step you and start using social networking sites to help them...That problem with government using blogs to promote there views is that people have political views that are never likely to change..In Naked Conversations a example is brought up Howard Dean created a blog to start his campaign based on the numbers everyone thought he was gonna win...Except no one realized that the only people reading his blog is his own political party..Why would some one against his views head his blog..His comments trying to get people to switch political parties in essence were having convos with people in his political party...
Daniel Rosen a candidate for Nevada's Second Congressional district promised to create a blog and create laws based on the blog...Now both Debra D'Agostino, the author of How the Web Polarized Politics, and I both believe this is taking it a little to far...How can he let people who sometimes know little how the government actually runs tell him what laws to make...I mean use the blog to see what the people want and let that help you but not make the decisions for you..
In the end how far is to far for Internet social sites?
http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2052119,00.asp
Naked Conversations Robert Scoble
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I haven't heard of Daniel Rosen or his blog/law idea but that is a scary thought! As much as people like to complain about their lawmakers, I don't foresee the day when I'd trust anyone to create new laws and then simply post it to a blog for it to become law. Rosen isn't quite there but it's a dangerous position to take. Good find, Jordan.
I also agree that this blog/law concept is scary. I don't think it will establish better laws. Maybe, Daniel Rosen blindly believes the concept of "The Wisdom of Crowds". But it only works under the condition that diversity of opinion, independence, decentralization, and aggregation are satisfied. What about poor people who can't use PCs? How can they express their ideas? I don't think there is enough diversity of opinions on blogosphere.
"The Wisdom of Crowds" ... if 10,000 people do a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing. Or, as my mother's often said, if they're all jumpin' off a bridge, are you going to jump too?
Or maybe we'll all create a law about that. :)
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