Comments on: Google’s Page Rank hiccup http://psnetwork.org.nz/blog/2007/10/28/google-pagerank-hiccup/ The public affairs practice in New Zealand Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:23:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Natalie Ferguson http://psnetwork.org.nz/blog/2007/10/28/google-pagerank-hiccup/#comment-226 Natalie Ferguson Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:19:41 +0000 http://psnetwork.org.nz/blog2/?p=83#comment-226 Hi, I was sent to read your post about the realities of social media - I wanted to writ e a comment but it looks like comments are closed for all posts but the homepage? I was going to write about ongoing conversations anyway - I think the more active your public is in debating with and talking to the government, the better the democracy. When I heard of the website 'they work for you' it gave me great joy - How cool is it that we have a small enough country that we can ALL be actively involved in shaping the way it looks - not just leaving it to a 3 yearly election and then the small number of people in government. Conversations through social media, by their very nature shouldn't be controlled! Maybe I'm mistaken, but I always find it a little sad when people take something that is inherently open and collaborative mould it into something that resembles something more closed. It may be risky and it's certainly very new - there will surely be issues, but if the government approaches social media with an 'open mind', I can only see benefits. I look forward to fully checking this blog out :) Hi, I was sent to read your post about the realities of social media - I wanted to writ e a comment but it looks like comments are closed for all posts but the homepage?

I was going to write about ongoing conversations anyway - I think the more active your public is in debating with and talking to the government, the better the democracy. When I heard of the website ‘they work for you’ it gave me great joy - How cool is it that we have a small enough country that we can ALL be actively involved in shaping the way it looks - not just leaving it to a 3 yearly election and then the small number of people in government.

Conversations through social media, by their very nature shouldn’t be controlled! Maybe I’m mistaken, but I always find it a little sad when people take something that is inherently open and collaborative mould it into something that resembles something more closed. It may be risky and it’s certainly very new - there will surely be issues, but if the government approaches social media with an ‘open mind’, I can only see benefits.

I look forward to fully checking this blog out :)

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