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A Cautionary Tale of Open Source Social Technologies

Posted by kdawson on from the careful-what-you-let-go-viral dept.

eweekhickins writes "The 'country' drop-down menu on one organization's donations pages omits Israel as a country and includes 'Palestine.' Among other things, this means that Israelis can't donate to the organization from these pages; it also presents the risk of a PR nightmare for the organization. This EWeek story cautions that while basic Web 2.0 technologies combined with open source can be incredibly powerful and productive, they can also lead to disastrous results for an organization that isn't paying close enough attention."

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  1. Re:Fuck em by FishWithAHammer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is it a mistake?

    I doubt it was a mistake on the part of the developer. The consumer, yes--but not the developer.

    Their stance is reasonable.

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    "You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
  2. Re:Interesting story... by dotancohen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...although not sure to classify it as FUD, but wondering if anyone else out there has similar stories? Sure do:
    http://dotancohen.com/eng/unicef_israel.html
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    It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
  3. Bwahaha by mapkinase · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I am really enjoying comments. Pathetic shitty little country pwned.

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    I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
  4. Re:Can't understand where is the problem by vandan · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    First, note that you have conceded that Israel does not intentionally bulldoze children.

    I conceded nothing of the sort. You're confusing me with someone else. I have already addressed this issue in another response.

    I give you examples of Arab political parties, Arab members of the Knesset, an Arab Supreme Court Justice. These show that Arabs do in fact have the political rights that you claim they do not.

    That's ridiculous. Palestinians outnumber Israelis. So why is the Israeli government so anti-Palestinian? The only answer, of course, is that there is no Palestinian representation.
    Also, Israel holds key members of the Palestinian government on gaol. In fact, Israel holds thousands of political prisoners from various neighboring countries. It even holds some Jews prisoner. Remember that brave man who blew the whistle on your weapons-of-mass-destruction program? He was thrown in gaol for telling the trust and branded a traitor. If MY country was building weapons of mass destruction, I would WANT someone to blow the whistle. You guys really are all brainwashed, aren't you? Fucking fundamentalists ...