Sure direct and representative democracy are different, but this is a bit of a tangent.

What I was trying to say above is that having an unregulated space doesn't mean it's therefore naturally representative of the underlying population.

The key differentiator between a democracy and other systems is the idea that you have one person one vote, and power isn't distributed on the basis of money or some other feature.

All I'm saying is, in a totally unregulated online space you'll get dominance by fanatics with money ( if it's important ) .

ie unregulated != democratic.

And it's a mistake to think the opposite.