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Semi-Anonymous Comments on Peak Democracy

by Tim on February 4, 2010

Following up on my recent post about Quora’s approach to anonymous postings, here’s an example of a related feature.
Peak Democracy is a “non-partisan company whose mission is to broaden civic engagement and build public trust in government.” Their Open City Hall™ service is a monitored online public comment process that promises “order and decorum [...]

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Anonymity in Public Participation

by Tim on December 3, 2009

Following their recent informal survey, Lucas Cioffi just shared a comprehensive list of arguments why requiring citizens to register on government websites with their real names may not always be such a good idea: Protect Anonymous Comments Online
Here’s the comment I just left:
Nice list of arguments.
I wonder what opportunities there are to design systems that offer [...]

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