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Stephen Downes

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The major impact of this article, for me, is that it offers proof that people are actually using Google+. OK, just kidding. But it does raise the question of why they would choose this environment over others. The article talks about the difficulties participants have accessing Google+ (including one case where a warning said "your activities have been logged") and in using the site (one comment says it would be difficult without a software background). Frankly, I don't see how the authors' appears to actor-network theory (ANT) help explain the comments and interactions described in the text. This is, to me, a classic example of over-theorizing.

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