[LINK] E-Democracy

[Eric Scheid]

On 27/11/06 11:02 AM, "Tom Worthington" <Tom.Worthington at tomw.net.au> wrote:

> Politicians are likely to do it if they will get more publicity as a
> result. If it eases the workload of their staff, that helps get a
> good hearing. But if you suggest something which will let more people
> send unhelpful rants and increase the workload, it is unlikely to happen.
> 
> A web form allowing for citizen comment is unlikely to be useful or
> accepted.

Well, the Web 2.0 thing to do is to facilitate tagging, and encourage
discussion and communication amongst the audience (vs lumbering the pollies
with more rant mail).

e.