There have been many worthy attempts to curb the proliferation of nasty discourse online. Some news outlets try to enforce using real names by requiring a Facebook account, others have deployed innovative moderation techniques, while some like Popular Science have given up entirely. What else can be done to keep online discussions from deteriorating into … Continue reading Washington Post, New York Times and Mozilla team up for new web site comment system
Category: Civic Technology
Poplus is coming: what does civic tech look like as a global federation?
By Jacob Caggiano There’s a lot of civic technology efforts out there building great things, but for the most part, the solutions are focused on a certain jurisdiction. In April 2014, coders, journalists and activists met in Santiago Chile for PoplusCon to change this. Poplus is now underway with a set of components that are … Continue reading Poplus is coming: what does civic tech look like as a global federation?
San Francisco Public Press aims to “Hack the Housing Crisis”
By Jacob Caggiano UPDATE: Read the event summary and Storify page to see what transpired. DATE — Friday, June 13, 2014 TIME — 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. LOCATION — The Impact Hub, 901 Mission St., San Francisco QUESTIONS? — housinghack {at} sfpublicpress {dot} org News organizations are used to covering hackathons, but how about organizing … Continue reading San Francisco Public Press aims to “Hack the Housing Crisis”