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Democracy and internet from 1994 till now ReindeR@Rustema.nl 4 July 2012 (questions afterwards, 16 slides)

DDS (1994)• bridge between politics and citizens using the internet• politicians did not show up• discussion on issues• captive audience 2

USENET (1993-2000)• limited rules, anarchie• hard coded rules, protocol• unlimited space, no domain or site only issues• discipline through netiquette 3

DeDS and OpenDomein (2000)• mailinglist about governance of freenet by the netizens• scarcity: a domain, a space, real estate 4

Internet Society (2003-2012)• association, national chapters• teleconferences, mailinglists• mobilise constituency physical events• many issues, competition from one issue organisations 5

DerdeKamer.net (2005-2008)• independent candidates, no party• each with individual constituency worth one seat (approximately 60.000 votes)• crowdsourcing political party in constituency 6

Newropeans(2009-2010)• mailinglist• trans European• comité directeur rules• organisation only with local presence• local presence requires events 7

VrijzinnigDemocratische Bond (2008)• living room meetings, debates• book, articles and blogpostings• conclusion: forking from existing parties easier than compete with them (they are organised already) 8

Democratiespel.nl (2008-nu) • serious gaming • simulation, laboratorium for behaviour • reconstruct gameplay of politics • political parties are left out • without interface, place (USENET) 9

Petities.nl (2005-nu)• issues (splitting political parties)• not representative (per deﬁnition)• lightweight vs heavyweight (signatories vs petitioners)• national website (like DDS once) 10

to sum up:• power on the internet when you own the domain or determine a protocol or standard• power off-line dependent on level of organisation (local events)• inﬁltrate and tweak existing structures rather than start from scratch• single issues do mobilise, package deals (political parties) much less so• light weight works on the internet (it scales) 11

miscellaneous• Nationale Conventie (2006)• StemDirect or Zetel 151 (open seat)• Platform Bestuurlijke Innovatie• Schaduwkabinet.nl (online game)• Rita Verdonk met wiki (crowdsourced program)• merger GroenLinks and D66• G1000 (public meeting with citizens)• G500 (young seize old political parties) 12

European Citizens Initiative (2012)• 1.000.000 signatures• 7 citizens from different member states• strong appeal to the Commission with public hearing• ambition of a European debate 13

Political parties• representation versus direct, when what?• party discipline required for power to govern...• issues versus issue bundles (internet versus television?) 14

Technology• the PC is personal, with personalisation and personal service; paradigm of the consumer, does this scale or devide?• versus television with an invisible audience, a kind of community, it does scale... 15

Liquid Feedback• how to deal with ideology? (packages)• how does it connect to existing structures? (use it in party or also outside?)• lightweight or heavyweight?• what is the gameplay and for who? 16

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