[LINK] The rallies???

[Eric Scheid]

On 16/12/08 8:56 AM, "Danny Yee" <danny at anatomy.usyd.edu.au> wrote:

> Possibly the intersection of vigilante wowsers and people with the
> technical nous to automate submissions to ACMA is small, but I'm pretty
> sure Australia has enough wowsers that even submitting material by
> hand they can generate some increase in growth.

and it's not unheard of for certain groups to initiate a "write in"
campaign, encouraging members of their extended association to "do their
bit". Religious groups do it, Get up does it, even people with blogs with
readership do it. I'm pretty sure at one time or another someone has put a
plea onto the LINK list for anyone who cares to write a complaint to a
pollie or to a newspaper.

What could make this even worse is if ACMA start displaying some daily count
or score of submissions received .. we've all seen what happens when that
kind of feedback loop is set up (eg. online polls), it becomes more about
simply raising the number rather than providing quality input.


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