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Facebook Accepts Vote Despite Turnout
April 24, 2009, 10:10 PM by ROB
Posted in SOCIAL | 318 views
The results of the Facebook Site Governance Vote have been audited and are official. Of the 665,654 votes, 74.37% supported the revised documents.
Supporters of the revised documents include the co-founders of "the first and largest Facebook group against the previous change to the terms" and Jonathan Zittrain, co-director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Comments to the blog show that many users were either unaware of the vote or found out with too little time to adequately prepare themselves for the vote. As I reported earlier this week, too few news outlets and individuals helped spread positive messages urging readers to vote. Facebook will be holding future votes and I encourage you to participate.
One way in which Facebook can improve voter participation would be to more heavily publicize the vote in advance; little was done to do so for this vote besides a small box on the home page.
In response to the low turnout, Facebook general counsel Ted Ullyot says that the site is considering "lowering the 30-percent threshold" for a binding vote. Despite the small response, the vote has been accepted and Facebook will adopt the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Principles.
From the Facebook Blog:
| UPDATE on Friday, April 24: The auditors have just confirmed the official vote results. There were 665,654 votes cast and users supported the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Principles by an overwhelming margin — 74.37 percent. We will adopt these documents and post them to Facebook and the Site Governance Page in the coming weeks. |
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