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2 Sep 2010

Democracy 3.0

Lately (sarcasm, it was june 9th or so) we have voted for our new Leaders of The Netherlands. After a long debate, discussing and more debate they have decided upon nothing. The wise men (and women) have forgotten what democracy is all about, the voice of the people. I hear noone in my surroundings who will have faith in the upcoming agreement, if any. The amount of people involved is way too many, and if you cannot even decide who to work with for only 4 years, how can you make long-term decisions for the country?

So I think it is time to start my version of democracy, democracy 3.0.

Basically it is like this: You vote for me, to get some people in parliament. After that I am grateful but will not stop listening to you (and others too) or play political games that you have never asked for. Fair, open and simple are the keywords in my proposal. Why this is different?

It is like 1 big continuous online referendum. Upon the moment of voting in parliament you will be able to vote for a statement in your own account; online, mobile, whatever works for you. All people, including those who have not voted for this party, will be able to let this party be the voice of the people by voting for each and every discussion. If you don’t care, you don’t vote for that one statement at all, be free. The winning statement will be voted upon my all our party-member in the parliament. Simple as that.

You say Yes, and most others say Yes too? We vote yes, no matter what our personal opinions are. No surprises, no backdoor politics, just plain and simple democracy 3.0

Why work like this? You might change your view on the situation during the discussion, or the party you have voted for is now considering working with another one you hate (giving up the principles you voted for). We will always take your latest opinion as leading, not the one from 3 years ago.

So…. democracy 3.0, what do you think?

2 September, 2010 at 20:03 by lieke

Tags: 3.0, democracy, future, politics, professionalism
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8 Aug 2010

The superficiality of Social Media

While most companies and people are now in the beginning of exploring what Social Media actually is and can become for them (marketing-opportunity or keep-in-touch platforms), there is a very unsocial aspect of it being hidden.

Being positive, active, knowledgable or funny has always been a good way to make people like you. In Social Media this is no different. The Ecommerce blogs like Mashable or Dutchbowboys are being the top in the range of knowledge and being cool in the i-world. They are the newsletters and reporters of the new world.

Then you have the bloggers with thousands of followers who, sometimes for no reason, are seen as important or interesting for all those people. They often do not follow these people back, or do so on paper but don’t actually read their posts unless they are mentioned.

And then there is the rest, the people who follow all these bloggers or reporters and share some of their own ideas with the world. They often are active in Social Media because everyone was active in it around them. But what can they say to their average of 130 followers?

Nothing real, because they are not funny or happy at all times. They have their doubts because they are human, and they have their negative views on the real world around them. But how much of these updates are really ending up on the Social Media? Almost none, because nobody wants to read that, right?

So their updates are shallow, well-thought through and often stopping at a point in their live where they see no added value to the effort, since they cannot be sincere anyway, so why bother?

Therefore I have the feeling that this Social Media hype will either die a silent death in 4 years, or will survive because people accept to be shallow in all their outings to the world. The last will feel for me as if the shallow-flu from America has flown over to Europe, settled and will never let go.

8 August, 2010 at 15:59 by lieke

Tags: blogs, followers, negative, positive, shallow, social media, superficial, updates, world
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