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    * "I bought your product because..."
    * "I bought your product because..."


    Feedback can be used to enhance positive cycles and stop negative ones.
    Feedback can be used to enhance life-enhancing cycles and stop life-destroying ones.  [[w:Donella_Meadows%27_twelve_leverage_points_to_intervene_in_a_system|Ecological concepts of leverage]] usually rely on some notion of [[w:feedback|feedback]].  Sister projects to [[Consumerium]], e.g. [[Wikipedia]], have used these concepts directly [[m:twelve leverage points|as leverage in governance]], e.g. defining limits of [[etiquette]], [[vandalism]], [[edit war]]s, to prevent a [[w:race to the bottom|'race to the bottom']] in destructive tactics.  And, more happily, encouraging notions of [[ethics]], [[community]], [[governance]] and even useful [[groupthink]] (factions or parties simplifying [[discourse]] on governance questions) to enhance the life of all those touched by Wikipedia.


    It is useful to many parties in Consumerium because:
    Likewise, many parties in Consumerium, including those "targetted" by it, can benefit because:


    * It gives [[companies]] the chance to accelerate their product development pace to outrace the competition
    * It signals [[companies]] that profit opportunities are available if they meet the new higher standards of [[w:moral purchasing|moral purchasing]] of teir market
    * It gives [[companies]] the chance to accelerate their product development pace to outrace the competition to meet these new higher standards
    * It gives [[consumer]]s the an uniform interface to contact all companies
    * It gives [[consumer]]s the an uniform interface to contact all companies
    * Feedback can be [[anonymous]] or ID'd with an email address if reply is desired
    * Feedback can be [[anonymous]] or ID'd with an email address if reply is desired - thus limiting targetting of consumers by companies
    * The feedback can be distributed to the whole supply chain.
    * The feedback can be distributed to the whole [[supply chain]].
    * ...
    * The feedback can be gathered for use in the political system.