Part of big impact of New Media is that is lets ordinary users influence the New Media, to a much greater extent than a letter to an editor.
This ranges from wide ranging discussion boards like Tabletalk at Salon to an almost completely user generated and modified site like K5.
So what do the owners/administrators of such a user generated site owe the users? What can the users expect in ways of making the site usuable and contentful, with a high signal to noise ratio, without censoring users? Can the users expected to be banned for proposing unpopular viewpoints? Can the users expect to own their accounts, or is it more of a licesing of accounts thing?
When cars first came out, they were just toys for the idle rich. The working class walked, rode horses, or took public transportation.
Then, Henry Ford decided to apply production line technology to autos, pay his workers a good wage, and the masses were able to afford autos.
Timewise, comparing computers to autos, I think we're at about 1930. This is well before expressways, suburbs and drivethroughs, if that makes you think.
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Part of big impact of New Media is that is lets ordinary users influence the New Media, to a much greater extent than a letter to an editor.
This ranges from wide ranging discussion boards like Tabletalk at Salon to an almost completely user generated and modified site like K5.
So what do the owners/administrators of such a user generated site owe the users? What can the users expect in ways of making the site usuable and contentful, with a high signal to noise ratio, without censoring users? Can the users expected to be banned for proposing unpopular viewpoints? Can the users expect to own their accounts, or is it more of a licesing of accounts thing?
When cars first came out, they were just toys for the idle rich. The working class walked, rode horses, or took public transportation.
Then, Henry Ford decided to apply production line technology to autos, pay his workers a good wage, and the masses were able to afford autos.
Timewise, comparing computers to autos, I think we're at about 1930. This is well before expressways, suburbs and drivethroughs, if that makes you think.