Comments on: Yell at your Senator, or listen to your neighbors? Another use for Govluv and Twitter. http://citizentools.netalyst.com/2009/yell-at-your-senator-or-listen-to-your-neighbors-another-use-for-govluv-and-twitter It's up to us. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wayne Moses Burke http://citizentools.netalyst.com/2009/yell-at-your-senator-or-listen-to-your-neighbors-another-use-for-govluv-and-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-1146 Wayne Moses Burke Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:38:59 +0000 http://citizentools.netalyst.com/?p=141#comment-1146 Chris, I think you hit the nail on the head here (s0rry I was so slow in actually reading your post). I think the future of communication between citizens and governments is in ongoing, public, transparent discussions around every issue. Representatives can tap into these discussions for information about how they should vote when it is the right time in the legislative (meaning law-making) cycle, or participate in them more regularly if it is an issue that they are passionate about or that is particularly pertinent to their district. Of course, Twitter is an ongoing public conversation about every issue right now. And GovLuv is a first attempt to enable representatives to use it to understand citizen sentiment and engage with them in a meaningful way. Thanks for your thoughtful post about GovLuv and where it may be headed... Chris, I think you hit the nail on the head here (s0rry I was so slow in actually reading your post).

I think the future of communication between citizens and governments is in ongoing, public, transparent discussions around every issue. Representatives can tap into these discussions for information about how they should vote when it is the right time in the legislative (meaning law-making) cycle, or participate in them more regularly if it is an issue that they are passionate about or that is particularly pertinent to their district.

Of course, Twitter is an ongoing public conversation about every issue right now. And GovLuv is a first attempt to enable representatives to use it to understand citizen sentiment and engage with them in a meaningful way.

Thanks for your thoughtful post about GovLuv and where it may be headed…

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