[smc-discuss] The Internet Is Here. Why Are We Still Making Decisions Like It's The 1700s?

[Pirate Praveen]

2014-04-14 11:56 GMT+05:30, Kevin Martin <youcancallmekevin at gmail.com>:
> Created cetfosscell on loomio. I was wondering why we need loomio when we
> have, say, facebook. What can loomio do what a discussion over a facebook
> post could not do? The co founder emails you when you join loomio and I
> asked him this. According to him :
>
> "
> The difference between a Loomio discussion and a Facebook discussion
> basically comes down to context. When you are on Facebook, you have a
> certain understanding of what kind of behaviour is appropriate there (e.g.
> sharing pictures of cats). When you get invited into a Loomio discussion,
> the context is different: it's a place for making decisions and getting
> things done, so people behave in a different way.
>
> Hope that makes some sense :)
>
> " - Richard Bartlett
>
> I guess its true. A lot of relevant discussions do not see the daylight on
> facebook simply because we are flooded by meaningless posts.
>

It definitely brings focus and the most important thing I like is its
reminder system.

I also like the fact that I don't have to lose any important
discussion in the flood of posts.

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