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adhocracy in parliament reveals the ideas of Liquid Democracy

[This post is not for master's thesis, . But a political Text]

Finally it is the first time to become a citizen on the Web site EnqueteBeteiligung.de "directly involved in the deliberations of a parliamentary commission. They should be 'heard' not only as to her in a forum, but really vote with allowed. This is a welcome and historic step that is surely the pirates party with its surprise success of 2.0 percent in the general election in 2009 and the limit of its offensive advertising for Liquid Democracy.

However, the implementation of the adhocracy " Liquid Democracy eV reveals "the core idea of the idea of cash, thus bringing the entire project in cash and democracy in danger.

Where's the problem? Adhocracy The team has a function vote on each proposals incorporated, as can be seen here.

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However no verification of user accounts This means everyone can as many Accounts ! Create I have for example (only for testing purposes) is now created three user accounts. This is only is only an e-mail address and password required.

adhocracy does not check behind the account data "real" people I could stand the number of my accounts easily increase to 15 or even 200 (this can even automate). These accounts then the voting fraud door is open. Adhocracy As a result, more reminiscent of an implementation of the Facebook game "Farmville", because there it's all about possible "click" a lot ...

adhocracy reveals that the core idea of Liquid Democracy , namely an online-based tool for vote design and actually valid opinion makers to get the interested citizens. On the homepage of Adhorcay it is still,

"Liquid Democracy can be used by organizations and informal groups to common objectives, strategies to develop internal rules, or positions and binding to decide" But it

is nothing more to see. It was adhocracy started to change just that. For forums, mailing lists, wikis and the like, there were also in the past to Hauf. Also there is anyone already make comments, rate, and partly also similar. But the "big problem" of these tools has always been that you never knew who hides behind the accounts.

The problem, the programmer in Adhocray Wiki originally well recognized and clearly stated. It says: "[...]

designs must be developed together without Internet phenomena such as flame wars and trolls a relevant influence belongs. "

Also in the originating software to verify the account is entirely possible. Only in the implementation of the Bundestag is missing it simple.

" False identities are "not just a problem because together to forge cracker and Internet experts a few accounts. Only recently flew countless fake identities by Konstantin Neven DuMont on the blog of Steffan Niggemeier. Also, the managing director of WeTab "Helmut Hoffer of anchor Hope flew while on , as his own product with a counterfeit Amazon account to heaven praised. The Deutsche Bahn had to admit, to have paid an agency for manipulate forum entries. And the FAZ recently reported on a number of companies that carried out the anonymous in Wikipedia manipulations.

What hold major IT players like Microsoft, SAP, Deutsche Telekom or appointed PR agencies which deal with this software as well? Attention should be here is not particularly sensitive?

Verification of users would be via many ways quite simple. For example, by post-identification method, on the new ID card, with the EN-mail, a symbolic withdrawal by credit card (eg 1 cent), an SMS verification or with a simple Mail (with confirmation number). The fact, however, that "ever" use of systems of Idenditätsfeststellung is not only embarrassing, but negligence .

confused And please: The users can then continue to occur only with her pen name, not the real name is required. The user must be verified only by the administrators

particularly absurd is it, if later, the second -. Also currently missing - Key Feature of Liquid Democracy is activated. The delegation, the delegation actually possible that I can delegate my vote on certain topics to an expert. Reason:. I can finally not address any topic itself

but as long as I can I get numerous fake accounts, I can delegate all these false votes on my main account. This increases my true God, without that I've actually true supporters

Conclusion.

The real core of adhocracy of Liquid and Democracy - the vote on the proposals - is so completely worthless. Adhocracy is therefore not worth much more than a cheap forum or a wiki, by sooner or later just about to have as many accounts. If this remains the case, it would be a pity as it would the original idea behind Liquid Democracy betrayed. The bad headlines of counterfeiting could compromise even the entire project in cash and democracy. What madness.

If a verification of the user are possible, or just do not, therefore, wanted, should be the "voting" function turned off. In addition, the platform should be renamed from EnqueteBeteiligung.de EnqueteAnhörung.de. Because it is also clear: we can also kidding themselves This is not participation.