Re: Socialization on the Web

On 26 December 2012 19:44, Adam Sobieski <adamsobieski@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Web Philosophy Community Group,
>
> I see, I thought this Community Group was a lounge area or speakeasy for
> the scientists and technologists who participate in other groups at the
> W3C. It seems, instead, based upon your description that this is a venue
> for group activities including trying to gather academic work in philosophy
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy ?) together that could usefully
> enlighten W3C activities.
>
> I have thought about philosophical topics with regard to socialization and
> the Web. Here are some links about new features which facilitate the
> self-organization of individuals into groups, organizations, societies,
> enhancing the freedom to assemble in addition to the freedom of speech:
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Dec/0026.html,
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Dec/0096.html,
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/p2prg/current/msg01756.html,
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/p2prg/current/msg01759.html .
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> In addition to user-generated content, the per-article pinging feature
> facilitates the self-organization of individuals into groups,
> organizations, and societies, assembling as they choose, where groups,
> organizations, and societies may align with brick and mortar organizations,
> in the overarching society, or may be entirely cyberspatial, with each
> organizations' website providing contextual socialization for Web users,
> enhanced online communities, and utility to Web users including contextual
> search and content discovery. Such self-organization of socialization,
> assembly, and dynamic group processes, can enhance societal processes,
> scholarly and scientific communication and productivity.
>

FWIW my new year's resolution is to read one essay a week from

http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/

The first two essays in particular talk about the intersection of
standards, philosophy and technology


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> Kind regards,
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> Adam Sobieski
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