- From: Kaliya <kaliya@mac.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:51:34 -0700
- To: Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org>
- Cc: Tim Anglade <tim.anglade@af83.com>, "public-xg-socialweb@w3.org" <public-xg-socialweb@w3.org>
Kaliya www.identitywoman.net www. On Jul 28, 2009, at 7:33 AM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Tim Anglade<tim.anglade@af83.com> > wrote: >> A logical byproduct of current technological and political trends, >> I guess: >> >> http://www.strategicsocial.com/ >> >> >> I was wondering was the XG thought of: >> a) the sheer existence of such endeavors (namely, attempts to “lev >> erage the >> social web for national security”) and > > IMHO, the work of companies like Boeing are relevant here. So, while I > admit I find the talk of "national security" a bit overbearing, I am > sure that social networking and e-government is an underexplored area. > IMHO, the key with this technology is that *any* group should be able > to exploit it, from disgruntled youth to the > [fill-in-your-local-government] administration > > Also, note that grassroots social change activists are working on > their own social networking (GNU) software. Perhaps we should take a > look at it [1]. > > [1] https://we.riseup.net/crabgrass/about I know those guys (and have used there software) can introduce you. > >> b) their potential for “success” or major failure. The latter >> could easily >> come from an utter rejection by the online communities or the >> simple fact >> that there's probably too much noise in the social web to make it a >> worthwhile source of data, etc. I really see both of those outcomes >> with >> roughly equal chances of happening. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Tim >> >> >> - - - - - - - >> Tim Anglade | director, “Turbulences” dpt. | af83 >> 42, boulevard de Sébastopol | 75003 Paris | France >> 1436, Howard St | San Francisco | CA 94103 | USA >> Tel : +33 1 42 72 33 32 >> Mob : +33 6 35 92 77 58 >> Skype : timanglade >> Web : www.af83.com >> >> This email is: [ ] bloggable [ ] ask first [X] private >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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