Announcing Yoomoot 3.0: yoomute

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Right now, Yoomoot is just another discussion site. But if it were big, it wouldbe more than just another discussion site, because it would be a place where the virtual crowd's conversation could be quickly and clearly understood, instead of being an overwhelming babble, as all existing mass-conversations are. This means thePowers That Be could realistically absorb what was being said. That's Yoomoot's government 2.0 agenda.

Unfortunately the current version of Yoomoot isn't quite right for allsocieties. Would it be right for the People's Republic of China forexample? Probably not. That's why we're very excited to be announcingyoomute. While on yoomoot everyone posts answers to questions, onyoomute, only government officials do so. On yoomoot you can 'agree','disagree' or be 'unsure about' answers, while on yoomute 'agree'is the only option. The benefits to social harmony could berevolutionary (in the style of the Russian October Revolution). Whilethe verb 'moot' means 'discuss', the verb 'mute' means 'quieten'. Soyou could say we're going from 'you discuss' to 'you be quiet!'

Thank you to mackenzy for (accidentally) inspiring this new vision.