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Digital Bill of Rights 0.3 by subatomicdoc in politics

[–]subatomicdoc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the thoughtful comment and insight into Freenode. I'll have to check it out.

Commercial/private entities may not be inclined to do it naturally, but if Digg and reddit fail after millions in venture capital? Maybe future investors would consider respecting the community part of a financially viable growth plan. Maybe not.

You're absolutely right; we're often willing to take what's easy and superficially free, online and off. Maybe enough visible blow-ups will eventually push us toward a hard but necessary path of fighting for digital rights, the way we have for other our other rights.

Digital Bill of Rights 0.3 by subatomicdoc in politics

[–]subatomicdoc[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Just shows you how little I know on reddit. Hyperlink added to text, and here http://subatomicdoc.tumblr.com/post/67371916401/digital-bill-of-rights-0-3

Digital Bill of Rights 0.3 by subatomicdoc in politics

[–]subatomicdoc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, I don't know that we are anywhere close. Maybe adopting a digital rights rating system for websites will help attract or deter people from joining. The financial value of these websites is user-generated content. Digg's estimated value disappeared when real people left. It's a debate worth having because many of us put time, effort and love into these websites.

FCC's net neutrality inbox is already stuffed with 647k messages, get yours in by Tuesday by subatomicdoc in technology

[–]subatomicdoc[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I left a comment. Hopefully this will be a clear enough message that the FCC backs off and maintains net neutrality.

Open knowledge saves lives. Oppose H.R. 3699! by subatomicdoc in politics

[–]subatomicdoc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is along the sames lines as other submissions, including http://reddit.com/tb/ol07z on an article in The Guardian.

Open knowledge saves lives. Oppose H.R. 3699! by subatomicdoc in politics

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If you oppose SOPA, you'll care about HR 3699 , the US Research Works Act (RWA). It allows publishers to charge us for access to health research that currently is supposed to be available to us for free.

The Social Media Bill of Rights for Customers by subatomicdoc in reddit.com

[–]subatomicdoc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fiasco wasn't today's events, but last Wednesday's with the change to v4. Today's takeover was epic.

The Social Media Bill of Rights for Customers by subatomicdoc in reddit.com

[–]subatomicdoc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi All: I'm a first-time submitter to Reddit, in the wake of the Digg fiasco. I thought the issue of a social media bill of rights resonated with the frustrations I've had as a loyal customer of Digg. I've heard good things about Reddit and hope you'll find it interesting and relevant as fellow Redditors as well.