Should Do This

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Should Do This

by Ian Smith Nov 2nd 2007

Hold the phone! The opinions of arm chair quarterbacks, movie critics, CEOs, and political commentators are about to start mattering! Now they can tell other people what they should do via the Internet. And really, has the ever been a more effective way of doing things than through the Internet?

Should Do This, a quick project from the folks behind 43Things, is positioning itself as the Internet's suggestion engine. Simply enter a "who" and then enter a "what" and post it for all the world to see.

Here are some examples form their tag cloud:

My iPhone should handle images better in Mail.
Barns and Noble should add like 20 more armchairs in every bookstore.
Google should add Blogger to Google Apps for your domain.
People that live next to airports should never complain about noise.
Microsft should embrace ODF - Open Document Format.
Jack Bauer should run for president.
Human Kind should seek intelligence far out in space.

See, now isn't this a useful tool? It is like a whole social network just for bossy people.

Tags: internet feedback, InternetFeedback, should do this, ShouldDoThis, suggestions

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