The term necessarily overlaps with the related ideas of e-democracy, open politics, and participatory democracy—all of which are somewhat more specific, better defined, and more widely accepted.
網根這個字與一些相關的概念有點重疊，例如電子民主、開放政治、參與式民主，這些都是比較具體、有比較好的定義、並且更為廣泛接受。