Re:Inside a Failed Silicon Valley Attempt to Reinvent Politics
by unstuckdev on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:14AM
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They say what the app does five paragraphs in:
>> "The app, intended to be a kind of social network to spark political activity,"
Most of the big change in politics in the last decade has come from apps that make it easier to do good old-fashioned grassroots organizing. It's why the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) is making waves now. They usually just use Twitter for the social network part.
The rest of the article talks about other attempts at apps for political organizing, and the politics of political apps. Not a bad read if you're into the subject, but I expected a look at the technical failure it opens with given the title.
>> "The app, intended to be a kind of social network to spark political activity,"
Most of the big change in politics in the last decade has come from apps that make it easier to do good old-fashioned grassroots organizing. It's why the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) is making waves now. They usually just use Twitter for the social network part.
The rest of the article talks about other attempts at apps for political organizing, and the politics of political apps. Not a bad read if you're into the subject, but I expected a look at the technical failure it opens with given the title.