Civic technology is changing government. The question is: For whom?

Transformative civic technology needs to be built “with, not for” a community.... [but] constrained deadlines for development make co-designing with communities a mere exercise at best, an abstract afterthought at worst. If your work is with communities, you better be able to LITERALLY define that community... Once you’ve identified that “who”, LITERALLY go meet them where they are. (Physically, digitally, otherwise: Find out and show up.)... we don’t have to default to top-down. We can choose to default bottom-up. We can choose to treat each other as partners in our own democratic governance. We can choose to stop working “for people” and to do the legwork it takes to actually start working with them. - No More Trickle Down #CivicTech — Medium