{"id":92,"date":"2012-12-10T12:54:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T19:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/nick\/?p=92"},"modified":"2012-12-11T13:12:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T20:12:54","slug":"the-vote-to-end-all-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/nick\/2012\/12\/10\/the-vote-to-end-all-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vote to end all Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent Wired<\/a>\u00a0article, Ryan Tate explains how Facebook users have eliminated their own right to democracy on the network. \u00a0Ryan Tate is a senior writer for Wired and enjoys journalism, technology, and culture. \u00a0He has even released a book, The 20% Doctrine: How Tinkering, Goofing Off, and breaking the Rules at Work Drive Success in Business<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In Tate’s article, he describes the history of Facebook and the policy to make changes. \u00a0In the past, any time Facebook makes a change to the user agreement, users have the right to vote on whether or not this change happens. \u00a0Unfortunately, Facebook requires at least 30% of Facebook users to vote in order for it to be valid. \u00a0This week, Facebook let users vote on whether or not a vote is required for future changes. \u00a0The majority of voters voted against this; however, 30% of the Facebook population did not vote so it was not counted.<\/p>\n

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Facebook has taken away the right for users to vote on upcoming changes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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While I think it is unfortunate that Facebook users have lost the “democracy” the social network once had, I do not agree that there ever was a democracy there. \u00a0In the past, no Facebook vote has ever had 30% of users vote. \u00a0It has never even come close to being 30%. \u00a0I believe this isn’t a coincidence. \u00a0Facebook does very little to publicize such voting events. \u00a0For everything else, Facebook isn’t afraid to pull out all the stops to publicize something. \u00a0I believe this is a way to take away users opinions while being able to put the blame on users. \u00a0I think the future will hold a lot of interesting changes on Facebook, and they probably won’t be\u00a0benefiting\u00a0users.<\/p>\n

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In a recent Wired\u00a0article, Ryan Tate explains how Facebook users have eliminated their own right to democracy on the network. \u00a0Ryan Tate is a senior writer for Wired and enjoys journalism, technology, and culture. \u00a0He has even released a book, The 20% Doctrine: How Tinkering, Goofing Off, and breaking the Rules at Work Drive Success … <\/p>\n

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