Learning Experiences with Social Software - Links

A Great Blog Called Compos(t)ing

Thu, 10 May 2007 11:44:00 -0500

A recent commenter posted a link to a fantastic blog, entitled "compos(t)ing, that has posts on topics ranging from wikis to privacy in the age of social software to neat apps like stu.dicio.us.

It's definitely worth taking some time to explore.

-Carl

Calif. court ruling seeks to protect bloggers, Web publishers

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:17:00 -0500

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In a victory for bloggers, newsgroup participants and other Web publishers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual Internet users cannot be held liable for republishing defamatory statements written by others.

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Three Lies About Social Software

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:51:00 -0500

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There are many reasons why I believe that privacy, as the West knows it, is dead. Some of it is to do with the web. Some of it is to do with social software, I guess. Some of it is probably even due to cyber-crime. But I think we’re missing the point. People share information willingly. Now some of them may not realise quite how much information they are sharing, and how this information may be used against them, but that cannot be laid at the door of social software.

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