Virtual World Elections?
Representative democracy is coming to EVE online which looks to be very interesting, I'm sure most of you have read about it already. I have never tried EVE online, nor know much about it, but this news has definitely got me ready to try out their free 14 day trial and learn more about it.
I have though been a member of the the Second Life® virtual world since late 2006 and thought a representative democracy in secondlife, should one ever be introduced, could be quite something.
It would sure be interesting to follow and watch virtual politics, such groundbreaking new territory! I'm still trying to wrap my head around it as it could be so complicated and with so many topics to cover! I wonder how it would work, would there be virtual elections every few months? How much power should the elected representatives have and should they be paid a real life salary? or percentages? Would there be vice president type positions as well? Could a decision board of some kind could also be instituted to settle disputes between residents? Taxes? I could go on and on but since there are so many questions and possibilities I will end with just those right now. I myself need to try and think them out as well and come up with my own thoughts and ideas about them. I'm just exploring with questions right now.
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Don't you hate when people try to do under cover advertising???....I sure do...it's so obvious!!!...so...... I'm promoting my own new blog Right Here. It will have an occasional virtual world post but will mostly be about cool new sites I like, so it won't really be competing with this one here. I know most bloggers have an impossibly hard time starting up and most disappear but I've decided to give it a try. How long will I stick with it or how frequent will I post, I don't know.
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Best wishes for the success of your new blog, Alan.
You wrote:
"Representative democracy is coming to EVE online ...
I have though been a member of the the Second Life® virtual world since late 2006 and thought a representative democracy in secondlife, should one ever be introduced, could be quite something. "
Wow, EVE Online is doing that? I played that mmorpg once for about a year, stopped playing because I became bored. Gallactic politics plus the already-existing company-style politic that have always been part of the corporations (player guilds) of Eve Online could transform that game into something interesting.
Same could happen in Second Life if politics were introduced. But, how to do it? Too much and SL might become even more unmageable than it already is some days, too little and no one will care about the faeture except for a few players with the dubious title of Senator.
Govenor Linden could spice up SL for players like me if he and his court granted a small but significant responsiblity to the players. That would be a first step. If things worked out well, greater powers could be added. But, too much at once, before the more active player base has a chance to get used to the idea that they can participate in a democracy, would probably fail quickly, and then sour people's taste for self-rule in Second Life.
A possible first step for Linden could be to organize an election process to create a committee to adjudicate copyright complaints, and maybe a bit more related to commerce.
Political scandals could be the best SL drama ever, their potential popularity could even elclipse the war of words we can find in many SL fashion blogs.
Democracy or a stable grid, hmm... if THAT was ever the choice we had to make I'd go for the democracy, it would be so much more interesting.
Caledon?
Over at Caledon they have some form of government, not sure exactly how it works as I don't really talk to Desmond, but I don't quite see Desmond in the evil dictator role somehow ;)
I think any form of governance has to be self governance and can only really work on a model like Desmond's, for example if I had a large number of islands I could setup some form of democracy, as it stands my word is law....hmm, I'm not an evil dictator either. However I wouldn't want to impose my law on other lands and vice versa, with the exception of course of Linden Law.
So there would be layers of laws, federal laws, local laws, national laws, this is rather deep.
With your own blog, write about what interests you, try and network with friends and those with similar interests, it can be arduous keeping up with everyone, have you tried twitter? That's useful for posting to friends you've made a new blog entry.
Soap Opera
Thanks.
Ciaran,
I haven't tried Twitter yet , still thinking about it, I don't really get it, is anyone that interesting to follow? I don't follow anyone on twitter, but haven't really looked at it, will take another look.
Yes the laws would be a headache, and would be the whole RL planet.
About blogging your right.......write about what interests me.......and that is virtual worlds and cool new sites. One thing I've learned blogging is I should be more me when writing and less stiff/stuffy??. I'm not shy in RL and actually speak my mind a little too much sometimes, but not so online.
Finn,
Yes the Drama of it all would be everything.
You can't do sports in a virtual world...Avatar World Cup Soccer not going to work. Neither would 2008 Virtual Olympics....best gymnast avatar on the parallel bars...........don't think so!!!
But yes the drama of politics in a virtual world.....it can be done.....could be Big? Move over reality TV.........come join and be part of the the Online Virtual World Soap Opera. I don't know something like that, but yes you got it right!!