Monthly Archives: October 2006

Participation Inequality on the Web

Posted on October 11, 2006 by

Jacob Nielsen, in his usual stellar style, has published an excellent article, on participation inequality in Internet communities: User participation often more or less follows a 90-9-1 rule: 90% of users are lurkers (i.e., read or observe, but don’t contribute). … Continue reading →

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Jigsaw Data

Posted on October 9, 2006 by

Interesting article in the SF Chronicle about Jigsaw Data, a company with an unusual social network for buying and selling business contacts: Here’s how Jigsaw works: You can pay a subscription of $25 per month to access the database or … Continue reading →

Posted in Identity, Privacy, Trust | 3 Comments

Social networks and the profit motive

Posted on October 4, 2006 by

The Blog Herald had an interesting review called Diggs for sale in organized fashion User/Submitter is a new service that connects publishers with diggers. Have a story? Then hand over the cash and User/Submitters’ dig users will digg it for … Continue reading →

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User Owned Product Preferences

Posted on October 3, 2006 by

Interesting piece from Kim Cameron and Dave Winer of the scripting news Doc talks about a Vendor Management Systems, to balance the other side’s Customer Management Systems. I, of course, like. A prototype for this is a movie review system … Continue reading →

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