I think I may move to the Ma.gnolia platform for my social bookmarks and quick posts to terrorintheheartland.com. My username over there is McChris if you want to find me.

One of the founders of Indymedia claims "we won" because Web 2.0 sites now offer the self-publishing abilities that Indymedia promised.

"Mr. Parry’s first instinct was that Twittering would just encourage students to speak in sound bites and self-obsess. But then he gave it a try, and he now sees Twitter as a useful classroom-communication tool. "

He says, "Even though points on Consumating were redeemable for absolutely nothing, not even a gold star, our members had an unquenchable desire for them," but I wish he would describe some of the user behaviors the system encouraged.

The author suggests Mark Granovetter's notion of "weak ties" might be useful in thinking about how social software can leverage extra-organizational contacts for problem solving. It's worth noting the original piece focused on job searches.