text: **3.6.5. Lack of public interest**
  
  After the October 2010 Government Open Source Conference in Portland, John Moore reported the 
  
  surprise, among participants,*that people were not demanding more open data, that the push had*
  
  *not yet come from public.*If Open Data is about empowerment, transparency and saving public 
  
  money, why aren't more common citizens already very excited about Open Data? Part of the answer 
  
  is the already mentioned cynicism and lack of trust in institutions and in the possibility for 
  
  individuals to participate effectively to politics and administration. Too many citizens still don't feel 
  
  that it is their right to seek public information from their representatives and administrators, or that 
  
  doing so will make any practical difference. 
  
  Another part of the problem is poor marketing from data activists and Public Administrations, that 
  
  should start to act more like product developers, that is measure the outcome of their activity in 
  
  terms of what has more appeal for the general public. One way to achieve this, especially at the 
  
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