http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/neighborlands-unite-a-social-network-gives-power-to-the-people/2950
http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/danny_boy/pioneering-irish-website-fixmyareacom-outdoes-local-authorities-and-shows-power-of-social-activism-150282575.html
These 2 sites, in different ways, seek to make it easy for a local community to work together to find problems and fix them. I'll be interested to see how much use these sites get. I hope to try one at least for my community.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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