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then what's the point of politicians?

which for some reason is being kept off the front page...

I don't know where specifically to look but these organizations are doing cool (and positive) things with tech:

Raising political awareness and transparency - http://sunlightfoundation.com/ - https://www.govtrack.us/ - https://www.popvox.com/

Defending rights in the information age - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/ - https://www.eff.org/

Alternative fundraising: helping the little guy raise money - http://www.indiegogo.com/ - https://www.wepay.com/

Facilitating online activism campaigns - https://www.change.org/ - http://front.moveon.org/ - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/

Already a term for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)

It's impossible for him to do it, he's in Russia!

Here it is on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5298125

I agree with clicks that it's something worth being aware of.

What do you mean by "history shows us otherwise?" Are you saying that all power structures created by humans have continued to rule indefinitely? History actually shows us the opposite, unless I misunderstood what you meant. Genuinely curious.

Absolutely, feedback is just more input for finding the right solution, and is valuable from any source.

The designer should have received all relevant context prior to starting the task. There will be exceptions, where a piece of context is missed, and in these cases where feedback is necessary the format of the feedback is important.

Rather than, "do it this way because businessReasons."

Instead, try, "We must not have properly conveyed this aspect of our business, here is the relevant context. Knowing this, how do we solve this design problem?"

If the designer is incapable of translating business requirements into design solutions then perhaps they're not a product/ux designer, maybe just a visual/graphic designer.

Looks great, just as long as there's a verification process to ensure that only designers are giving design feedback.

You wouldn't want your MBA boss looking over your code and suggesting you "break that method out into a new class," why would you want someone who's not a designer telling you to "make the logo bigger."

Joking, but seriously.