On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Joe Developer <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Liam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Feb 15, 10:49 am, Jim Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Liam <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Interesting... Have you considering allowing signup via BrowserID? >> > > Recommended! >> > >> > > I wasn't aware of BrowersID. I just tried it with their demo site and >> was >> > >> > underwhelmed. The signin process was not fast, and in the end I was >> forced >> > to create another password. I much prefer OAuth. >> >> Read deeper. You sign up once with a BrowserID provider (eventually >> most webmail services will be) and then have one-click registration >> with BrowserID-based services. It is the future of web logins. >> >> As for my off-topic comment, my main point is that issue advocacy by >> large groups of poorly-informed people has a corrosive effect on >> policy-making. It is not the solution to the ownership of >> representatives by corporate interests thru campaign contributions, >> etc. But you're right, it's probably inevitable given the ease of >> manipulating people via social media. >> > > I think this is a discussion worth having, though this may or may not be a > good venue. > Personally I think that you are selling yourself short by implying that > you are inexorably and permanently poorly-informed, Liam :D > > While it seems, to me, that imposed or adopted governance models are > subject to cyclical trends, I would be surprised if direct democracy isn't > one of the impending 'experiments' - and why not try to see what could make > it a positive experience? > > As for what you bring up in terms of manipulation, isn't that the current > reality? And might that not be exacerbated by limited choices in terms of > representative platforms, not to mention limited opportunities for > fine-grained input into informing their mandate? > ... And that perspective is why I find the current format and functionality of "Coalitions" unfortunate. Ah Well. > > >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
