About social software

Information is power and mutli-way, unhindered communication constantly fuels that power. JP Rangaswami very eloquently uses various real-world analogies to explain why social software finds resistance at the enterprise level.

It’s precisely the same reason the RTI act has been opposed by the bureaucracy in full connivance of the government. When people can directly access the information that drives their lives, the people who control this information and keep a tight lid over it feel threatened. When people have a platform and a tool to communicate to each other without a third-party mediation they are empowered to take collective action. Even if in some cases action is not possible, at least the can build pressure and put up a resistance.