PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by joeyyang » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 1:55 AM UTC

PresidentObama on GitHub
github.com

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by billhendricksjr » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 3:37 AM UTC

His social media team is getting busy!

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by finnn » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 3:48 AM UTC

billhendricksjr wrote: post #2

His social media team is getting busy!

His most recent activity [1] is an issue opened on sunlightlabs/us-laws and based on the link seems to be automated (uses ifttt's URL shortener, presumably it's hooked up through that). I haven't checked the rest, but I assume they're all pretty similar

[1] https://github.com/sunlightlabs/us-laws/issues/135

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 3:48 AM UTC

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Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by pmalynin » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 3:48 AM UTC

It'd be interesting to see a system where a government had a GitHub and people could submit laws as pull-requests

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by johnnyg » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 3:55 AM UTC

pmalynin wrote: post #5

It'd be interesting to see a system where a government had a GitHub and people could submit laws as pull-requests

This is a serious and important idea.

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by j2kun » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 4:00 AM UTC

johnnyg wrote: post #6

pmalynin wrote: post #5

It'd be interesting to see a system where a government had a GitHub and people could submit laws as pull-requests

This is a serious and important idea.

Could you explain why? It seems like just as strange a technological barrier (for the average citizen) as the current process of proposing a law.

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by vezzy-fnord » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 4:01 AM UTC

pmalynin wrote: post #5

It'd be interesting to see a system where a government had a GitHub and people could submit laws as pull-requests

Has a body of theory, but is still in very early stages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Government

That said, there would have to be some guarantee of an active political process behind it. Most likely scenario is that it becomes a largely ignored dumping ground, similar to your average petition site.

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 4:11 AM UTC

j2kun wrote: post #7

johnnyg wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a serious and important idea.

Could you explain why? It seems like just as strange a technological barrier (for the average citizen) as the current process of proposing a law.

The average citizen can use Twitter, which has been pivotal in recent revolutions. The Github/git process and format brings something that is crucial to the political process we've been missing: transparency.

Re: PresidentObama on GitHub

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Post by clamprecht » Wed, Dec 10, 2014, 4:12 AM UTC

I can't wait for the day when the president actually has a github account before entering politics.