Ask HN: Where do we discuss the mass surveillance problem?
1. publish all issues about mass surveillance,
2. submit proposals for solutions (and fragments thereof) to the problem,
3. up/downvote the issues, comments and proposals?
The idea is to have 1 place on the web which is not limited to technological questions and most of all where the entire process is respected:
Breaking news -> Turns into outrage -> To be turned into activity -> Ultimately solves the problem.
(If we stop after the 2nd step and accept to remain victims, every revelation was in vain; resulting depressed moods will make people resolve to turning a blind eye to the issue at stake.)
The Western World may be about to become a "castrated democracy" and this problem is so important that it needs an all-including central hub.
Where is it? If it doesn't exist yet:
Where are parts of it?
Where could it be in the future?
Are you interested in building (or contributing to) something like this?
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[ 5.4 ms ] story [ 18.9 ms ] threadFor example, on HN, discussions mostly end when posts leave the front page (and obviously, nothing really results from the good input, except a bit more awareness). A few hours later, a similar post appears and all the questions and answers come up again and some people get upset (probably also b/c they see it as a "political post").
In chats, good content gets lost, buried, etc, even more easily I'd say.
EDIT: "content" such as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6153044 (but of course also the discussions themselves)
- there will be reinforcing spill-over effects from every activity to the other ones
- the media can more easily refer the all activities (since they're easily accessible in 1 place)
- the movement will gain more visibility and credibility
- the movement will grow quicker