The end of digital democracy? Facebook wants to take away your right to vote - CNN.com: "
Unless Facebook users fight back, the days of the social network's experiment with democracy may soon come to an end. The company on Wednesday proposed to take away its users' right to vote on major issues concerning the governance of its 1 billion-member online network."
Facebook citizens, i.e., users, should fight not only for a voting democracy. They should fight for a digital citizen-ownership democracy. They should fight for a share of the firm's revenue.
If they cannot get this, they can form a digital citizen-ownership democracy somewhere else. Google+ ?
"You can always vote with your feet."
This is an earlier blog:
Online citizen-ownership. Facebook? Google+?
Now that Facebook is going to make a lot of money, it is time for "citizens" of Facebook to demand their ownership dividend. If not for this large group of willing citizens, Facebook is nothing. If the citizens are not rewarded by Facebook, they can and should jump to another "country" that practices citizen-ownership. Google+, you want to try citizen-ownership?
In real life, it is difficult to jump from one country to another, or many will be moving to Alaska for their rewards. For an online social site, it is easy to switch from one to another.
Unless Facebook users fight back, the days of the social network's experiment with democracy may soon come to an end. The company on Wednesday proposed to take away its users' right to vote on major issues concerning the governance of its 1 billion-member online network."
Facebook citizens, i.e., users, should fight not only for a voting democracy. They should fight for a digital citizen-ownership democracy. They should fight for a share of the firm's revenue.
If they cannot get this, they can form a digital citizen-ownership democracy somewhere else. Google+ ?
"You can always vote with your feet."
This is an earlier blog:
Online citizen-ownership. Facebook? Google+?
Now that Facebook is going to make a lot of money, it is time for "citizens" of Facebook to demand their ownership dividend. If not for this large group of willing citizens, Facebook is nothing. If the citizens are not rewarded by Facebook, they can and should jump to another "country" that practices citizen-ownership. Google+, you want to try citizen-ownership?
In real life, it is difficult to jump from one country to another, or many will be moving to Alaska for their rewards. For an online social site, it is easy to switch from one to another.
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