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It's time to crowdfund some cheap cameras that can be connected to a mesh network and deployed to cover the area where our elected representatives live and hang
by doodlebugging 4y ago
It's time to crowdfund some cheap cameras that can be connected to a mesh network and deployed to cover the area where our elected representatives live and hang out. Blanket their neighborhoods with cameras and microphones and live stream it 24/7 so every constituent can see in real time how hard our representatives work for us.
Track them from point to point and use Mastodon or the pitiful shell of Twitter to keep everyone informed about who they hang out with and how long they spend together, what they talk about, which devices they use, their favorite brand of beer or tennis shoe.
We can call it RepWatch, PoliWatch, or whatever. It could be the next great social network and all they have to do to join is to run for office and win so we can monitor their habits, bad and good, and judge them on flimsy evidence.
- sieabahlpark 4y ago
- partiallypro 4y agoThey'll just ban the practice against government officials, make it a federal crime and allow everything else. Then they'll go by stock options on a private prison they throw people in that do this to them.
- givemeethekeys 4y ago> They'll just ban the practice against government officials And it would be defeated quickly on first amendment grounds.
- TheDesolate0 4y ago
- roflyear 4y agoLol nice joke....
- doodlebugging 4y agoLOL. You're probably right. That which is good for the goose can't possibly also be good for the gander. That would be ridiculous.
- beached_whale 4y agoReminds me of when that adulterer website got hacked and people used government emails to sign up
- scruple 4y agoAshley Madison. Was talking to my wife about that last night. One of her friends found out that her husband was using the site and I was floored to realize that, years after that hack, it's still around. I don't know why I was surprised -- it's not as if a leak / hack would curb the behavior enough to impact that companies bottom line -- but I was.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoMore surprising is that they haven't been swallowed up by Match Group.
- devilbunny 4y ago> it's not as if a leak / hack would curb the behavior enough to impact that companies bottom line I mean, it’s not going to stop cheating, but you would think it would encourage the cheater to choose another venue. Dumb people are dumb, though. Rule one of doing bad things, legal or illegal: don’t talk about it with anyone who isn’t part of it. And as few of those as possible.
- doodlebugging 4y agoThis would actually probably be a great feature add-on. As soon as an elected official gets assigned an email address, sign them up on a long list of bullshit newsletters, spam sites, porn sites, and merchandise lists. See how long it takes them to pass legislation to clamp down on user tracking and spam.
- roflyear 4y agoNeed to also do the oligarchy as well. Otherwise it's kinda pointless.