Session 45: Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Visiting Speaker: Elizeu Santos-Neto (Brazil)

“What do Wikipedia, car-pooling, couch surfing, and social book marking have in common?”

Commons-based peer production systems, or social production systems, are a result of the de-centralized collaboration of individuals, who produce non-proprietary goods. This Theory Tuesdays session focused on examples of commons-based peer production, their common characteristics, and how (and why it is important) to assess the value of individual contributions.

Participants:
Silvan
Daniel M.
Stephan
Christian
Felix
Liz
Lubomira
Philip
Jasmine
Elizeu
Ansley
Martin
Stephan

Discussion:
Where is the "value" within these systems?
Neutral points of view in common-based peer production systems like Wikipedia.
Developing new community languages based on tagging.
The "trueness" of the information and reducing uncertainty.
Information as probability.