links for 2008-03-05

Social Network Profiles as Taste Performances

"one does not fully exist online until one writes oneself into being through "textual performances""

(tags: socialsoftware myspace research academic culture presence)
Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy. - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine

Good exploration of the structural rules around some social media/ucg sites.

(tags: digg wikipedia socialsoftware rules systems)

Posted by Gene Smith on Mar 5, 2008

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