Different needs and modes require different structures:
Chat rooms / IM - instant feedback, good for quick answers, no memory, though.
Email lists - good for current participation, arhives can be difficult to search, thread drift (or mobs) increase signal/noise
Forums - quick feedback, give-and-take discussion, scrolls off forum (perhaps into archives), searching haphazard
Blogs - Linking as feedback, [...]
There’s also this very interesting, heavy-cross-linked wiki posting on Meatball Wiki.
One of the key differentiators that many Social Software advocates are arguing about is the question of the number of participants vs. the value. We have all seen forums “turn nasty” and communities go sour. I’ve also had the priviledge to belong to long-lasting groups [...]
New Social Software Products. Social Software Making Progress Dan Gillmor: “The smaller the group, the more immediate value in the relationship. That’s one notion behind an emerging phenomenon called “social software”
[via Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
Jeremy Allaire writes: “Dan’s got some thoughts on the emerging category of “social software”, a phrase Clay Shirky has been promoting. Another [...]
Steve and I saw Phone Booth yesterday afternoon. Great flick. While the move is short (80 minutes), you don’t want to hang on the edge of your chair any longer than that. Colin Farrell has a riveting performance. Great suspense, little blood, no gore.
