Comments on: Will Obama Be Our First President 2.0?

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:48:38 +0000

I think this is part of your answer -

Pretty cool…

By: Jim S

Jim S — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:34:15 +0000

Needless to say, all of the forums in this environment would have to be moderated. Think of it as providing some new jobs. How about we don’t try offshoring them?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:33:10 +0000

Another problem: trolls. What better opportunity would /b/ and their ilk have than the government’s own forums?

One solution I see is a public community, out of which certain members are selected by the committee (or whatever) for their intelligent comments. Those intelligent members then get to participate in their own forum, which would allow the government to pay special attention to what’s being said there. This would greatly minimize the signal/noise ratio. Otherwise, you’re just going to end up with another thing like the YouTube comments section.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:20:54 +0000

I think it’s a fantastic idea and I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Imagine the impact you could have if you harnessed all of america like that. Any difficulties like mentioned ^^ would be worked through.

By: Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:19:33 +0000

The problem I foresee in this is the host of record-keeping regulations that apply to the White House these days, not to mention the whole issue of classified information.

It’s one thing to run a campaign on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, it’s something else entirely to run a government that way.