From Immortalist :
On Apr 18, 2:29 pm, Michael Gordge wrote:

On Apr 19, 3:59 am, Stuf4 wrote:

This week Facebook has pointed the way toward the future of Democracy
by opening voting to:

Mobocracy = two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner.

MG, I agree with this criticism of democracy. My excitement is that
the sheep now gets a vote! New concept for a large internet business.

Why re-invent the wheel man?

Universal Declaration of Human Rightshttp://www.udhr50.org/UDHR/

PREAMBLE

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the
foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
snip
G.A. res. 217A (III), U.N. Doc A/810 at 71 (1948)
Adopted on December 10, 1948
by the General Assembly of the United Nations (without dissent)

Immortalist,
Definitely nothing being invented here. The Magna Carta goes back
more than half a millennium prior to the UN declaration. What is new
is the porting of the democratic process to set internet policy.
Google came onto the scene in 1998 as a breath of fresh air for
setting the standard for corporate ethics. (And they've even done a
surprisingly decent job of maintaining that after IPO.) Facebook in
2009 has now extended Google's lead by transferring the *authority*
for such policies to the users.

Huge kudos to Mark Zuckerburg for being the 21st Century King John.
What is most impressive is that Mark made this call from a position of
strength. He was not being held at knife-point by any user-barons.


~ CT