We Have 24 Hours to Save Online Privacy Rules

Re:We Have 24 Hours to Save Online Privacy Rules by sparky_z on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:19PM (#13968997)

This service seems short-sighted to me. It might trick a few representatives the first time around, but if it actually succeeds in bringing in a high volume of low-effort responses it will only devalue itself the way email is currently devalued (possibly along with some collateral damage to the credibility of the class of high-effort correspondants it is disguising its users as).

The way to improve politics isn't to make political engagement as casual and low effort as possible.

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Re:We Have 24 Hours to Save Online Privacy Rules by therealdrag0 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @05:15PM (#13980790)

It seems like to SOME extent it is. Seems like part of lobbyist influence comes from planting seeds in legislators minds, as their full-time job. Most people have an opinion but can't be bothered to lobby for their own interests because they have their own full time job. We need transparent ways for representatives to poll what constituents want. Really there should be a state sponsored electronic voting system for stuff like this.

#ArmChairPhilosophy

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