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Social Computing and Badger's Paws

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mushroom dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When Yahoo!'s Jeremy Zawodny recently asked What the heck is Web 2.0 anyway? he received a set of responses reminiscent of those garnered by The Register back in 2005, which famously concluded, based on its readers' responses, that Web 2.0 was made up of 12% badger's paws, 6% JavaScript worms, and 26% nothing. Nonetheless, as Social Computing (SoC) widens and deepens its footprint, another Jeremy — Jeremy Geelan — has asked if we are witnessing the death of 'Personal' Computing. SoC, Geelan notes, has already become an academic field of study. But perhaps Social Computing too is just badger's paws?"

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  1. Ok, now i know i play too much WoW.... by 01000011011101000111 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's official - when you see SoC and the first thing you think of is a world of warcraft spell you've played too much :( Where's the number for MMORPG'ers anonymous?

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  2. you can do ANYTHING on web 2.0 by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    zombo.com told me so

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