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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

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This highlights the fact that while participatory design is by no means exclusive to the Web, that is the place most of the current experimentation is happening. Specifically, the Brooklyn Museum is doing research about the role of independence and influence in participatory experiences. They kept the interface simple.

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The Future of Authority: Platform Power

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sites have lots of power. User-generated content sites control user and community behavior, both implicitly through the tools that are and aren't offered, and explicitly through community management. These rules are not uniform, and their differences often influence the makeup of users who feel welcome and choose to engage.

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Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

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While I originally wrote this post to advocate for more participatory practice (i.e. sites have lots of power. User-generated content sites control user and community behavior, both implicitly through the tools that are and aren't offered, and explicitly through community management. The power to set the rules of behavior.