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Posts tagged with: social software
LambdaMOO Takes a New Direction
By Jon Dron 19 August 2020 @ 10:53amwww.cc.gatech.edu - This is a fantastic example - from 1992 - of how it is completely impossible to separate out the digital technologies from the social technologies (the rules, norms, procedures, etc) in a social software system. Social software is not just code: it...WT.Social
By Jon Dron 18 August 2020 @ 10:31pm Comments (1)https://wt.social/ - A social network that you can pay for, created by Jimmy Wales (of Wikipedia fame). You can get in right away with no payment but I chose to pay because I believe in this kind of thing. It looks pretty cool, more set-like than network-like. From the...Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and the Nature of the Firm.
By Jon Dron 9 January 2017 @ 2:26pmwww.benkler.org - Yochai Benkler's seminal paper from 2002, introducing themes later explored in greater depth in the Wealth of Networks (very highly recommended, albeit very long indeed). In this shorter and earlier paper, he outlines his central notion of a third...Taking back control of the web: an easy way to host and run secure open source apps
By Jon Dron 18 March 2016 @ 11:22ammedium.com - This sounds interesting, especially as (now but not forever) the better tiers are free. There will always be a free tier, according to the ads. It's trying to be an app store for open source web applications, allowing you to install all sorts...The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat
By Jon Dron 23 July 2013 @ 10:47am Comments (1)www.fudco.com - A fascinating paper from 1990 describing the game 'Habitat', a pre-Internet progenitor of the MMORPG genre. I particularly like how the authors distinguish between the infrastructure level and the experiential level of the game and the emphasis on...Introduction to Recommender Systems | Coursera
By Jon Dron 12 July 2013 @ 4:13pm Comments (1)www.coursera.org - From the announcement sent to me via the recsys mailing list, this may be of interest to some: "An Introduction to Recommender Systemstaught this fall by Joe Konstan and Michael Ekstrandon Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/course/recsys)We're...What Is Facebook EdgeRank and Why Does It Matter? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Jon Dron 12 May 2013 @ 10:48am Comments (5)mashable.com - A nice simple explanation of what is known about Facebook's EdgeRank algorithm, used to provide you with what Facebook thinks is relevant to you. Well - at least what will both keep you on the site, adding new connections and providing the most bang...6 Scientific Reasons Social Networks Are Bad for Society | Cracked.com
By Jon Dron 19 July 2011 @ 9:26amwww.cracked.com - Despite the lighthearted tone of the article and its aims at mass appeal, this actually points to some good papers on a range of interesting facets of social site use and behaviour.UX of Social Software
By Dickson Wai Hei Lam 12 July 2011 @ 10:33ambokardo.com - Slides on UX of social online software focusing on UI design. Talked about some cold start solutions as well. Dickson
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COMP 650: Social Computing
In support of COMP 650, Social Computing
