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mk  ·  3694 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Deliberative democracy and the age of social media

I just got to reading this. Thanks for the ping.

    The key question remains unanswered: can the quality of thinking and deliberation of the public be improved through the use of social media?
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    What is more intriguing is whether there are foundations and non-profit organizations that have specifically focused on creating a more deliberative social media community that can help build a broader consensus about difficult policy choices. And so far I haven't been able to find good examples of this kind of effort.

I don't know about consensus, but tell Daniel we are trying to do the rest.

I do believe in the concept of deliberative democracy, however. But that's probably obvious.