George Siemens picked up this item citing Amy Jo Kim, known for a book about online communities, suggesting that the wave of the future is centered around social networks, buddy lists and blogs. Of course, this is a change only if you felt previously that online communities were top-down creations, which while characteristic of some accounts (such as hers) is not universally believed. Still, there is a bit of a shift happening, though I would characterize it as being from centralized to decentralized communities. But we need to remember, the majority of people online do not have access to web servers, which means they will continue to rely on the larger online communities, such as LiveJournal, to take part in the new decentralized internet.
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