Comments on: power to the people http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/ online collaboration, the startup process, company news & other stuff Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:16:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bob Stein http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2583 Bob Stein Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:49:16 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-2583 Very interesting. ThePoint sounds like it resolves the "volunteers dilemma" I read about in some game theory book. Applied to boycotting, it's the idea that unilateral boycotting punishes yourself more than your intended victim. ThePoint allows zero self-punishment unless and until the victim is majorly punished. Very interesting. ThePoint sounds like it resolves the “volunteers dilemma” I read about in some game theory book. Applied to boycotting, it’s the idea that unilateral boycotting punishes yourself more than your intended victim. ThePoint allows zero self-punishment unless and until the victim is majorly punished.

]]> By: Dorothea http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Dorothea Fri, 02 May 2008 10:23:05 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-367 Vanessa, this time I must say totally agree with you...Almost all people even who comes from low economics level have cellular phones. Vanessa, this time I must say totally agree with you…Almost all people even who comes from low economics level have cellular phones.

]]> By: vanessa http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-364 vanessa Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:41:56 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-364 True, but check out the story I just added to the post about the student twittering his way out of jail in Egypt after being arrested for photographing a demonstration. An internet connection certainly makes things easier, but cell phones provide amazing connectivity and are ubiquitous even in places that lack widespread internet access. True, but check out the story I just added to the post about the student twittering his way out of jail in Egypt after being arrested for photographing a demonstration. An internet connection certainly makes things easier, but cell phones provide amazing connectivity and are ubiquitous even in places that lack widespread internet access.

]]> By: Dorothea http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Dorothea Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:34:29 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-361 Agree with you...Internet give the same chance for all people to get the whole information. But the problem, in some developing countries internet is still an exclusive thing. Agree with you…Internet give the same chance for all people to get the whole information. But the problem, in some developing countries internet is still an exclusive thing.

]]> By: vanessa http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-363 vanessa Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:25:41 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-363 Absolutely, that's true. But the power of the internet in the hands of many, many people makes that kind of corruption increasingly difficult to conceal - and therefore more difficult for leaders to get away with it. Absolutely, that’s true. But the power of the internet in the hands of many, many people makes that kind of corruption increasingly difficult to conceal – and therefore more difficult for leaders to get away with it.

]]> By: Dorothea http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Dorothea Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:03:11 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-362 In several countries, people power doesn't always work. I found some case where the leader of the group are easy to be bribed and in turn it affect the whole peoples movement. In several countries, people power doesn’t always work. I found some case where the leader of the group are easy to be bribed and in turn it affect the whole peoples movement.

]]> By: vanessa http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-366 vanessa Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:18:05 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-366 Hi Heather, Thanks for highlighting the difference between the two sites. It's great to see such innovative ways to get people together so they can accomplish what they couldn't have done alone. Very exciting. -Vanessa Hi Heather,

Thanks for highlighting the difference between the two sites. It’s great to see such innovative ways to get people together so they can accomplish what they couldn’t have done alone. Very exciting.

-Vanessa

]]> By: Heather http://mixedink.com/blog/2008/03/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Heather Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:19:12 +0000 http://www.mixedink.com/blog/?p=44#comment-365 Thanks for the plug for PledgeBank, Vanessa. Just to clarify, we're a bit different from The Point, in that we focus on small, community-oriented pledges (i.e. "I will clean up Sligo Creek in Takoma Park, MD, but only if 10 of my neighbors will do the same"), rather than large, corporate-focused pledges. I'd encourage folks to check out the site, and to pledge to get something done in your community! Thanks for the plug for PledgeBank, Vanessa. Just to clarify, we’re a bit different from The Point, in that we focus on small, community-oriented pledges (i.e. “I will clean up Sligo Creek in Takoma Park, MD, but only if 10 of my neighbors will do the same”), rather than large, corporate-focused pledges. I’d encourage folks to check out the site, and to pledge to get something done in your community!

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