Re: [sldev] Vote for change in virtual worlds: let’s put e-democracy to a test!

[Lawson English]

Leonel Morgado wrote:
>
> From http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2008/12/31/lets-put-e-democracy-to-a-test/
>
> Barack Obama's change.org <http://change.org/> website is accepting 
> requests for ideas and projects to be implemented during his term. 
> Knowing that he's all for technological innovation, and that several 
> successful experiments with e-democracy were done inside Second Life®, 
> let's try to push for even more. Andabata Mandelbrot 
> <http://andabata.blogspot.com/> is proposing that we vote to create an 
> international metaverse - the Internet equivalent of virtual worlds 
> <http://www.change.org/ideas/view/create_an_international_metaverse_-_the_internet_equivalente_of_virtual_worlds>.
>

My response in the comments section:

There are already several competing groups trying to accomplish this. 
The SL-related one involves the AWG/OGP initiatives started by Linden 
Lab. I think that requesting better *funding* for such groups might be 
appropriate, but calling for standardization at this point is premature. 
Let 3 or 4 or 5 such groups compete with equal government funding and 
see what shakes out, or merges, or whatever.




Lawson