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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Dave Pollard outlines "a set of principles which might provide some clues on how to develop Social Networking Applications that really do work."
CRLF- "the existence of mutual trust, respect, context, and self-disclosure between the parties."
CRLF- conversational ice-breaking
CRLF- physical appearance as an icon of our identity
CRLF- a way to observe the other person's environment (I wonder whether a 'web space' would count here)
CRLF- doing something together, collaborating
CRLF- recognition that each of us is in a (separate) network
CRLFPollard follows his list with a series of challenges for social software. But we need to remember: it's not just a matter of replicating a personal network in a virtual space. The technology allows us to have a richer textured network of relationships.

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