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Posted by rochelle 967 days ago (Editorial)

Power in numbers


We’re in early days right now. Our first priority is to build a community of members who are interested in lively discussion, improving their world, and having a little fun in the process.

What we’re hoping is that our numbers will start to grow as more of our current membership starts posting suggestions and taking part in conversations.

Then - as we have larger numbers, the voting syste

Posted by rochelle 973 days ago (Editorial)

If it’s bad, you tell everyone


There is an adage - if you have a good experience, you tell two people. If you have a bad experience, you tell everyone. It’s human nature. We tend to remember the bad things much more clearly than the good, and we talk about it. . And it shows in how we communicate these experiences.

Have you ever been somewhere - a restaurant, a hotel, etc., - and been offered a suggestion form? Here is yo

Posted by lenti 973 days ago (Editorial)

Happy (Belated) Social Good Day

Hey! It was "Social Good Day," yesterday. Mashable and (RED) teamed up to encourage folks to talk about how social media can be used to make the world better.

The Voxometer community whole-heartedly believes that tools like Facebook, Twitter and the Universal Suggestion Box can be marshalled to draw attention to a particular issue or facilitate dialog.

Some of the projects Voxometer is cur

Posted by lenti 982 days ago (Editorial)

Lexicon - words in progress

Folks,

We are assembling a Lexicon. After all, one of the most significant attributes of a community is a shared language:

Dear Citizen
-standard salutation

Folks
-Use to refer to the population, people in general

Motto (work in progress)
-Making a better world, 5 suggestions at a time

Voxometer
-Universal Suggestion Box

Voxsquad
-Team who puts your suggest

Posted by lenti 987 days ago (Editorial)

September 11 – National Day of Service


On this National Day of Service and Remembrance for Victims and Survivors of Terrorism, we pause to remember victims of terrorism at home and abroad, we honor the heroes who have supported them, and we redouble our efforts to build the kind of world that is worthy of their legacy. – Barack Obama

The folks at Voxometer.com suggest that everyone take a moment out of their day this September 11