Changes For Good » Orkut http://www.changesforgood.org A repository of ideas for making the world a better place, contributed by creative-thinking, solution-oriented bloggers who care, from all over the world Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:05:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © Changes For Good 2010 sspencer@netconcepts.com (Changes For Good) sspencer@netconcepts.com (Changes For Good) posts A repository of ideas for making the world a better place, contributed by creative-thinking, solution-oriented bloggers who care, from all over the world Changes For Good Changes For Good sspencer@netconcepts.com No no http://www.changesforgood.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Changes For Good http://www.changesforgood.org 144 144 A way for the President and law-makers to gauge public opinion? http://www.changesforgood.org/2006/06/27/a-way-for-the-president-and-law-makers-to-gauge-public-opinion/ http://www.changesforgood.org/2006/06/27/a-way-for-the-president-and-law-makers-to-gauge-public-opinion/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:29:53 +0000 Stephan Spencer http://www.changesforgood.org/2006/06/27/a-way-for-the-president-and-law-makers-to-gauge-public-opinion/ Social networks like Friendster and Orkut, if they are popular enough and have a large enough base of users, could be a mechanism for the President and law-makers to gauge public opinion on a particular issue.

How much more of a democracy would we live in if the people we have elected actually have their finger on the pulse of their constituents’ opinions and wishes. This increased transparency would undoubtedly help these officials make better, more informed decisions.

I am not quite sure how this would work but perhaps there could be questionnaires for users to fill out, or hot topic issues could be highlighted, somehow inviting people to lodge their opinion for a position on that issue. 

]]> http://www.changesforgood.org/2006/06/27/a-way-for-the-president-and-law-makers-to-gauge-public-opinion/feed/ 1 A social network for facilitating positive change? http://www.changesforgood.org/2006/06/20/a-social-network-for-facilitating-positive-change/ http://www.changesforgood.org/2006/06/20/a-social-network-for-facilitating-positive-change/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:50:16 +0000 Stephan Spencer http://www.changesforgood.org/2006/06/20/a-social-network-for-facilitating-positive-change/ You may have read recently in the news about how Orkut, a social network website offered by Google, is being used by drug dealers and other nasties to facilitate illegal transactions. Google has supposedly been working with law enforcement in Brazil to clamp down on these things, which is a good thing.

I wonder if an Orkut or a LinkedIn could become a social network for good? LinkedIn is a wonderful network for finding a job, or finding a prospective employee, or making new business contacts. It would be great if that service or Orkut could cater to people who want to make a difference in the world, helping them to find other people who want to make a difference in a similar sort of way, so that they could collaborate together?

Orkut, LinkedIn, you guys listening? 

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