MixedInk launched early this year as a collaborative writing tool with a democratic editorial process towards finished documents. It’s platform, which promotes various voting tools, document-creation options and recommendation features, is now being used by Congress for the writing of a health care policy.

Congressman Anthony Weiner is helping to head the new project, asking citizens to help draft important health care principles that will be included in the upcoming bill. Click here for more details on Congressman Weiner’s new project.
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In private beta until today, the MixedInk collaborative writing platform has launched the public beta version of its product. This is a democratic writing and publishing platform that takes the Creative Commons license to the next level, enabling entire communities to work together on a single document or publication.

While this isn’t the first time this concept has been approached with an online tool, D.C.-based MixedInk is using a new angle for automating much of the process, essentially eliminating the need for wikis in the traditional sense, or even editors. As MixedInk promotes a democratic process, each document submitted by a member of the community can be voted upon, which pushes that document up in rank.
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