Archive - Dec 6, 2004
The direction of the Democratic Party, and the role that Blogs can play
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 12/06/2004 - 15:39
(Originally published in Greater Democracy)
The talk today is about how Oregon DNC member Mary Botkin has been unseated by Jenny Greenleaf! Blue Oregon has particularly good coverage of this, and Political State Report and DailyKOS are also talking about this.
Blue Oregon also notes that Sal Peralta decided not to run against Wayne Kinney. I am disappointed that Sal didn’t run. I love democracy and I love to see it take place when it comes to electing the leadership of the party. I am very excited to see the democratic fervor sweep parts of the party as we decide who the next DNC Chair will be.
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Rate on NewsTrustMicropayments in an open content gift based internet economy
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 12/06/2004 - 13:42
This morning, as I surfed blogs using Blog Explosion, I stumbled across this article: Another non-starter: Micropayments .
It notes, “Here's another non-starter: Micropayments. … There IS value in micropayments. They might work some day. But not any time soon. The problem isn't technology. It's the marketplace” It points to an article by Clay Shirkey, Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content, which goes on to talk further about why Micropayment systems are failing. Clay points to an article by Nick Szabo about the The Mental Accounting Barrier to Micropayments. He goes on to talk about how most people are giving away free content, and why would people pay, when they can get the content free.
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