The Facebook Democracy: How Will it Affect You? - 2 views

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  #1 Jun Jie Tan on 16 Sep 09

   

  http://mashable.com/2009/04/05/facebook-democracy/
  
  Facebook adopted new governance documents based on users' input and votes in Apr 09. The company has seemingly let its users decide the direction where it is going, but yet it still has the final say to modifications to the site.
  
  Is the illusion of democracy a feeble attempt to pacify users for all the unpopular decisions the company made so far? And to share accountability and blame for future changes on the virtual social network?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/05/facebook-democracy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://mashable.com/2009/04/05/facebook-democracy/</a> <br /> <br /> Facebook adopted new governance documents based on users' input and votes in Apr 09. The company has seemingly let its users decide the direction where it is going, but yet it still has the final say to modifications to the site. <br /> <br /> Is the illusion of democracy a feeble attempt to pacify users for all the unpopular decisions the company made so far? And to share accountability and blame for future changes on the virtual social network?</div>

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