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Group as User: Flaming and the Design of Social Software
The user of a piece of social software is not just a collection of individuals, but a group. The people who don't know etiquette need it most.
attention, collaboration, communication, conversation, facilitation, intention, mediation, moderation, motivation, perception, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://shirky.com/writings/group_user.html
Dunbar, Altruistic Punishment, and Meta-Moderation
In any group process look for the commons, allow participants to participate in identifing defectors; determine what the costs are for such identification [...] and encourage participatio...
calculation, collaboration, conformation, cooperation, defection, exclusion, inclusion, moderation, motivation, participation, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/03/dunbar_altruist.html
On Moderating Comments...
When dialog is made exclusive by limiting who gets to participate it strikes me that this then changes the blog into a traditional media site, moderated message board or web page by makin...
conversation, discussion, exclusion, moderation, participation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://andylark.blogs.com/andylark/2005/07/on_moderating_c.html
Building a successful online community
If you have a strong and consistent culture, [...] the community starts moderating itself. When enough people are behaving in a certain way, and that hits critical mass, it becomes not on...
communication, conformation, congregation, convention, emersion, moderation, participation, violation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/06/building_a_succ.html
The Wisdom of Browse
We have to look beyond simplistic majority-rule popularity contests if we ever want to take on traditional editor-driven media. People are complicated, and we're going to need complicated...
aggregation, consultation, decentralization, information, moderation, selection saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.powazek.com/2006/04/000579.html
Mollom
The web is changing. User contribution is now what makes or breaks a site. Allowing users to react, participate and contribute while still keeping your site under control can be a huge ch...
blog, comments, contact, drupal, moderation, mollom, mystudy, plugin, spam, users, More... saved by: Lisa and 3 people more details ...
http://mollom.com
ViewPoints -- streamlining online discussions | Civilities
Amazing rating system along 4 axes
comments, drupal, moderation, onlineconsultation, ratings saved by: bmann more details ...
http://civilities.net/ViewPoints