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

[Kevin Martin]

Reminder system?


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Pirate Praveen <pravi.a at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow
> the
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