Comments on: Social media, democracy and dictatorship http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/12/29/social-media-democracy-and-dictatorship/ Thoughts on a changing society. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrick http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/12/29/social-media-democracy-and-dictatorship/comment-page-1/#comment-34365 Patrick Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:36:56 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/12/29/social-media-democracy-and-dictatorship/#comment-34365 Thanks for the reply, Laurent. I think that countering hype with hype is only useful up to a point. Thanks for the reply, Laurent. I think that countering hype with hype is only useful up to a point.

]]> By: laurent http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/12/29/social-media-democracy-and-dictatorship/comment-page-1/#comment-34065 laurent Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:44:15 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/12/29/social-media-democracy-and-dictatorship/#comment-34065 Thanks for the link Patrick. I agree with you that anecdotes don't go all the way, but it's always good to be reminded that technology is neutral - a good and a bad thing - and Evgeny's post balances things after all the hype surrounding the role of these technologies in enabling democracy. Thanks for the link Patrick. I agree with you that anecdotes don’t go all the way, but it’s always good to be reminded that technology is neutral – a good and a bad thing – and Evgeny’s post balances things after all the hype surrounding the role of these technologies in enabling democracy.

]]> By: Patrick http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/12/29/social-media-democracy-and-dictatorship/comment-page-1/#comment-33986 Patrick Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:22:16 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/12/29/social-media-democracy-and-dictatorship/#comment-33986 Problem is, Evgeny doesn't go beyond “the dictators love the web” tune. So the laundry list of anecdotes is getting a little old: Why Dictators Love the Web or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Say So What?! http://irevolution.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/dictators-love-web Problem is, Evgeny doesn’t go beyond “the dictators love the web” tune. So the laundry list of anecdotes is getting a little old:

Why Dictators Love the Web or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Say So What?!
http://irevolution.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/dictators-love-web

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