Comments on: CCK08: The Role of “Social Proof” in Connective Knowledge http://librarydigitalprojects.com/2008/09/16/cck08-the-role-of-social-proof-in-connective-knowledge/ supporting research in digital libraries & usability Sun, 01 May 2011 08:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve McCann http://librarydigitalprojects.com/2008/09/16/cck08-the-role-of-social-proof-in-connective-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-5664 Steve McCann Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:16:21 +0000 http://librarydigitalprojects.com/?p=72#comment-5664 I'll be curious why you see a distinction between groups and networks. Cory Doctorow talks about the change in "groups" that networked information affords us. The example he gives is a Flickr query he runs that searches for the keyword "decay". Whenever someone tags a photo with that keyword he receives an update. The simple act of tagging an image "decay" sets up a network and grouping of people interested in some way in that topic. The way I see his point is that communities are subject to network effects, no need to actively join. I’ll be curious why you see a distinction between groups and networks. Cory Doctorow talks about the change in “groups” that networked information affords us. The example he gives is a Flickr query he runs that searches for the keyword “decay”. Whenever someone tags a photo with that keyword he receives an update. The simple act of tagging an image “decay” sets up a network and grouping of people interested in some way in that topic. The way I see his point is that communities are subject to network effects, no need to actively join.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://librarydigitalprojects.com/2008/09/16/cck08-the-role-of-social-proof-in-connective-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-5663 Stephen Downes Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:58:58 +0000 http://librarydigitalprojects.com/?p=72#comment-5663 > As shown above, knowledge is gained both of networks, and via networks, by way of the identification of the self as part of a group. No - belonging to a network is distinct from belonging to a group. Much more on this ahead in the course. > As shown above, knowledge is gained both of networks, and via networks, by way of the identification of the self as part of a group.

No – belonging to a network is distinct from belonging to a group. Much more on this ahead in the course.

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