Lords to listen to YouTubers?
By Nicole Kobie in Editorial
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The House of Lords has decided to get with the times and accept YouTube videos as evidence — well, for one inquiry, which just so happens to be into whether or not they should be using such services to boost interaction between parliament and the people.
Check out the page here — they’ve got YouTube, Flickr, a forum, a podcast. Damn! They’re all Web 2.0 aren’t they? It’s only a matter of time before they’re asking to be our friend on Facebook and touting for followers on Twitter.
The simple point is this: it doesn’t matter how the government listens, it’s more important that they do listen. Right now, with this plan, they’re hung up on the former.
The use of e-petitions has proven that the government — be it Number 10 or the House of Lords — isn’t listening to our e-opinions, merely letting us spout off to calm us down.
At the moment, I’m pretty sure writing a letter to the government won’t do me any good, why will they suddenly listen if I park myself in front of a webcam?
Hopefully this Lords investigation realises this — that it’s not about being high-tech and modern, it’s about sitting down and listening to what the public says; whether that’s through YouTube, Twitter, or the letters page of a newspaper, it’s all valid.
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