Vote Over It

Starting to RAIN

Starting to RAIN Over the past few months, VoteOverIt has taken on a new program in Oregon. RAIN stands for 'Regional Accelerator Information Network' and is based in Eugene, Oregon. They are helping to support Oregon entrepreneurs and startup companies utilizing the pool of successful technology professionals in the area. The University of Oregon and the State of Oregon have legislated funds to provide support for RAIN, in an attempt to promote economic growth and job creation. [ 139 more words. ]

Published today, a look at how to improve comment sections online. VoteOverIt has their recommendation integrated into our platform by allowing authors to post questions to their readership, as opposed to allowing only ONE comment in response to the content (all other comments are, then, impacted by the first comment). Here's to a brighter future for commenting online!

Feed the Trolls, Says New Research on Internet Comments | Motherboard Researchers have found how to cut incivility by 17 percent. It’s... a start.

Thank you for helping us reach 100 Likes! Awesome-ness right there. If you haven't already, consider visiting our website (now with Facebook signup) to start posting local debates, voting on them, and debating serious community or national issues!

"..time has shown that comment sections often create a negative space and provide a negative experience — to the reader, the writer, and to the publisher. " There is a better way! Quote from Pando.com's article by Bryan Goldberg about the damage done by comment sections. Let us know if you agree!

Comment sections are on their way out In 2007, when I launched my first website, our comment section was central to the product. We scrutinized every detail of it. We incessantly debated the interactions — should we allow ‘up’ and ‘dow...

"At first I didn’t credit that success to the wisdom of crowds, since the push for a fix had come from me and not from the crowd. Then I realized that I, like thousands of others, was in fact a part of the crowd, occasionally having the chance, when I was lucky, to add a tiny bit to its wisdom, as well as to benefit from it." - Walter Isaacson - Great read on the power of the crowd.

The Myth of the Lone Genius How collaboration led to the digital revolution—and helped me write my book

Check out this paper.li 'magazine' put together by on Twitter. It features a Vote Over It debate about the euro-zone financial crisis.

Austere Times Austere Times, by Duncan Keeling: Austerity: Putting your country between a rock and a hard place

Right now, we are working to bring our idea to bloggers and journalists online. current issues right on your own !

Soon, our VoteOverIt Widget will be released into the wild! We will be bringing the VOI platform to your website! #2014

Read our new blog post about ending the 'flamewars' on Social-Media. It all comes down to allowing users to engage with the ideas of other users, and actually not the other users. We are creating a safe place to debate the big issues! Join us!

S3 Buzz!™ Our platform is dedicated to giving users a voice, and placing the focus of their frustrations squarely on the issues within the debates, not hating on other users' ideas. Join us to promote smart effective changes through online debates. - S3-Buzz is a unique buzz management engine.

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Seeing the Path http://wp.me/p4Mhyo-G

Seeing the Path As we start this journey, I’d like to thank you for your interest. Without Users, we would be voting in small circles and wouldn’t ever know how we think as a whole. There are often times of joy and euphoria when working on a project for… [ 161 more words. ]

Interesting look at the make up of political groups as they vary with age groups from Pew Research. Where is it most plausible to start bridging these divisions?

Nearly two-thirds of Americans ages 65+ are at opposite ends of our political typology: 32% fall into the two strongest Republican-oriented groups (what we call Steadfast Conservatives and Business Conservatives) and 33% are either Solid Liberals or Faith and Family Left. http://pewrsr.ch/1oCJIHD