Web- based survey applications enable citizens to register their sentiments instantaneously in response to survey questions. The respondent can indicate agreement or disagreement with statements or propositions made online.

Elaborate systems would also enable citizens to indicate the intensity of their preferences.
Some believe that this can improve government decision making by allowing the public to register its preferences on matters of public policy. Do you think that online citizen surveys would be useful in improving public administrative decision making?
Why or why not? What might be some of the pitfalls?