Checking out the new online consultation on constitutional reform in Belgium. It’s very pretty – but the questions are essay questions with 50k character limits. I mean, I care about the constitutional arrangements but it would be a leap of faith in terms of time commitment.
I mean… even with super smart AI and sentiment analysis, I don’t know that you would get anything out of questions like this if 1,000 people replied. And less if 10,000 did.
And in terms of those people who are not happy with Belgium’s constitutional arrangements, of whom there are many, are any but the most parti-pris going to take the time to write 5-7000 word answers?
The whole thing is here: demain-toekomst-zukunft.be
Originally posted as a thread of 4 tweets on Twitter on 25 April 2022. View the original thread.