Back in February, Facebook users wailed about new terms-of-service language they saw paving the way for Facebook to sell their every scribbling and photo to the highest bidder. The company backed off the changes and opened up a dialogue with interested parties to craft another version. ... Good move.

Then Facebook went one step further by offering users an opportunity to vote: Do you want the newly drafted terms that include all the privacy-protecting goodness collected from concerned parties? Or, would you prefer the original legalese?

What could be more democratic?

Well, there was a catch. Facebook attached to the referendum a condition, namely that 30% of its 200 million active users -- roughly 60 million -- would need to participate for the results to be binding. (See, you really do need to read the fine print.)

Only about 650,000 of us voted (three-quarters picked the new terms, which presumably will be adopted).