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Interesting story on how the impact of social software/collaboration tools remains limited if they just rely on voluntary contribution/participation.
"The growth of the collective intelligence site so far largely has been fueled by early adopters and enthusiasts, according to Rasmussen. About all those who would have joined and shared their knowledge on the social networking site have already done so. If the intelligence agencies want to get further gains from the site, they need to incorporate it into their own formal decision making process, he contended. Until that happens, the social networking aspect of Intellipedia is "just a marginal revolution," he said."
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Have my doubts on the artistic value of the project, but it brings home the message really good: your search history gives insight in your life and most intimate thoughts…
"August 4, 2006, the personal search queries of 650,000 AOL (America Online) users accidentally ended up on the Internet, for all to see. These search queries were entered in AOL's search engine over a three-month period. After three days AOL realized their blunder and removed the data from their site, but the sensitive private data had already leaked to several other sites." -
(Skype) interview with Chris Messina by Boaz Sender
Transcript at http://htmltimes.com/chris-messina.php