This post and this article(1) by Clay Shirky should be required reading for anyone building socially-oriented software.
1) http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html Old news to some I guess - but I just found it via a link nostrademons posted in a different thread and it was the most interesting thing I've read all week.
This post and this article(1) by Clay Shirky should be required reading for anyone building socially-oriented software.
1) http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html Old news to some I guess - but I just found it via a link nostrademons posted in a different thread and it was the most interesting thing I've read all week.