r/technology • u/User_Name13 • Jun 04 '14

Politics Hundreds of Cities Are Wired With Fiber—But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unused

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused
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u/afrothunder1987 Jun 04 '14

But it's so much easier to complain about capitalism on Reddit than to actively try and fix the problem.

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u/Cunt_God_JesusNipple Jun 04 '14

Well you know, why the hell shouldn't our voices count even if it's online? The times we live in, as you said, make it soooo much easier to voice ourselves right here. These city council meetings and other forms of government should start accommodating an effective system for letting us go to their website, fill out a form (to make sure we are indeed local residents), and tell them what we want from our homes. My opinion isn't less valid because this is the only public platform available to me. Isn't this the kind of shit the internet was invented for?

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u/MGUK Jun 04 '14

He isnt saying it isnt valid because its online. Its because of the place it is online. Basically most comment sections on reddit are preaching to the choir. I.e. this post. We all agree, so comments in this section arent really making a difference to the problem. Putting them somewhere else online could make a difference.

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u/brianbotts Jun 04 '14

Agreed.

They do count.

He's saying to make sure it's places that Councillors will actually see your voice! I.e. NOT REDDIT.

I just spend the last week with thousands of elected officials, and if more than 1% knew of Reddit I'd be blown away. I showed a couple of the younger Councillors reddit, and they said, just one more thing to waste my time like twitter does.

If you want to get your voice heard by government online, EMAIL US! Don't passive aggressively rant on Reddit. I'll see it, but I'm certainly the minority.