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February 13, 2004
Robert Kaye: Social file-sharing
Posted by Clay Shirky
Robert Kaye of
MusicBrainz gave a talk at ETech on
using social infrastructure to improve file-sharing. (Nota Bene: the "Next" button for these slides is in the upper right-hand corner, white on white.)
The slides are tantalizing but frustrating, as they convey the basics but not the nuances of the argument.
*Social models*
Emulate human evolution: tribes, chiefdoms, states.
Build a strong foundation of trusted people to form a tribe and to give it purpose: Share, discover and protect the tribe from attackers.
Connect tribes to build chiefdoms. Connect chiefdoms to build states. With each connection the search horizon expands.
Tribal _elders_ set the tone for the network, set growth guidelines and decide inter-tribal relations
I'm especially curious how the idea of elders will be expressed. I've always felt that there is huge unexplored territory in granting users of software additional powers over time, as happens in real-world human groups almost by default.
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1. Tim Keller on February 16, 2004 12:54 PM writes...
The way to do it is through reputation, weighting voices based on the number of others who support them. Advogato, PageRank, those pigeon fanciers, it's all the same system. I expect there'll be a battle with the hyper-egalitarians over it, but it's too useful not to adopt.
Tim
Permalink to Comment2. Jesse Reiner on February 16, 2004 1:46 PM writes...
I'm very interested in this subject. If anyone knows any good resources on the topic, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm a media studies grad student working out thesis ideas. I am looking at social software as a component of a mass media distribution infrastructure for the near future.
Permalink to Comment3. Tim Keller on February 16, 2004 2:02 PM writes...
Here's a couple links for you, on the extremely practical (math) end of it:
Advogato's trust metric & trust & reputation in a web-based social network.
Tim
Permalink to Comment4. Robert Kaye on February 16, 2004 4:36 PM writes...
I was surprised that you weren't at the conference!
In any case, I am planning on writing up my talk into a short essay -- the slides are unsuited for consumption outside of the presentation context.
Stay tuned!
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