Comments on: Online/Offline Politics http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2005/02/20/onlineoffline-politics/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: badgergirl http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2005/02/20/onlineoffline-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:54:43 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=831#comment-2076 i concur

online feels so much more like a community

and it would appear bloggers will soon be/ are a force to be reckoned with - as is pointed out here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4279229.stm

viva la blog!

]]> By: simone http://submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2005/02/20/onlineoffline-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-2075 Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:51:47 +0000 http://mottram.textdriven.com/weblog/?p=831#comment-2075 I’ve become misty-eyed when thinking about the social utopia that is nurtured by the, to use the most obvious example, Open Source community. It’s exciting that people pursue the adherence to international standards, that there exist communities striving to create global systems to benefit everyone. WAI guidelines are an interesting case study too. Businesses that make websites in the UK (I know not much of what is happening in other countries) now know that it is an economical advantage to pledge that they will make sure the proposed website-project will stick to WAI Accessibility guidelines. The fact that concerns for the vulnerable/marginalised in society are becoming economical playing cards in winning projects can only be a good thing. Right wingers hearts eventually melt? Accessiblity and usability, web standards, open source, flickr, del.icio.us, blogs: these communities demand concentration.

I think a future where people are genuinely community-aware and productive for the good of other people as well as themselves, could be arrived at if it were based on the principles that the above communities behave on. I rambled!

Sorry I didn’t mention the right-winger slant of your post: I agree with you, and I have been thinking along the same lines only as above for a while.

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