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Startup failure: How to prevent online vandalism from killing your startup

The Next Web

Online platforms work on principles similar to offline communities. However, the onset of vandalism could make network effects work in reverse if the system doesn’t scale its ability to govern user activity. Those with greater reputation are also accorded superior rights, as in the case of Wikipedia editors and super-users.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." What is this new network-centric world?

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85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Government. Meetup :: meetup.com. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. citizens.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. Government. Meetup :: meetup.com. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. citizens.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) The paper goes on to describe five general patterns: Birds of a feather flock together: nodes link together because of common attributes, goals or governance. A cluster is a bounded group of people who are connected, but have few connections to other nodes.

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xAPI vs SCORM: Understanding E-Learning Standards

Gyrus

It governs how online learning content and LMSs communicate with each other. This includes mobile and offline environments, xAPI sends statements in the form of “noun, verb, object” to a Learning Record Store (LRS). It also supports offline tracking and synchronizes data once reconnected to the internet.

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xAPI vs SCORM: Understanding E-Learning Standards

Gyrus

It governs how online learning content and LMSs communicate with each other. This includes mobile and offline environments, xAPI sends statements in the form of “noun, verb, object” to a Learning Record Store (LRS). It also supports offline tracking and synchronizes data once reconnected to the internet.