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==Announcement==

==Announcement==

As the owner of this website, and as the primary agent for a new forum for research and discussion of information management on the Internet, I would like to announce that I am about 90% resolved to move forward in the following way:

As the owner of this website, and as the primary agent for a new forum for research and discussion of information management on the Internet, I would like to announce that I am about 90% resolved to move forward in the following way:[[Image:Social Media Sockpuppets.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Let's move away from this form of governance.]]

*The new forum will begin as a closed, "team edited" blog, open to ''comment'' by the general public.  One new blog post will appear every Monday.  Comments may be censored only by a majority vote of the management.

*The new forum will begin as a closed, "team edited" blog, open to ''comment'' by the general public.  One new blog post will appear every Monday.  Comments may be censored only by a majority vote of the management.

*I will invite four other real-name people to form a set of '''Five Founders'''.  Each of these men or women will have the opportunity to opt into or out of legal ''ownership'' of the domain, through a short partnership contract.

*I will invite four other real-name people to form a set of '''Five Founders'''.  Each of these men or women will have the opportunity to opt into or out of legal ''ownership'' of the domain, through a short partnership contract.

: '''Pros'''

: '''Pros'''

:: Wide reach for participation.

:: Wide reach for participation.

:: If the list subscribes to a newsreader service like [http://www.gmane.org/ Gmane], then members can turn off their email delivery and use the newsreader instead.  That way, readers download only the headers into their reader boxes, picking and choosing which posts they wish to read.  Readers can use web interface for responding, and the list owner can set whether responses are allowed from anyone or just members only.  Utilities are provided for blocking spammers and hecklers.

:: If the list subscribes to a newsreader service like [http://www.gmane.org/ Gmane], then members can turn off their email delivery and use the newsreader instead.  That way, readers download only the headers into their reader boxes, picking and choosing which posts they wish to read.  Readers can use the web interface to interact, and the list owner can set whether responses are allowed from anyone or just members only.  Utilities are provided for blocking spammers and hecklers.

:'''Cons'''

:'''Cons'''

What might we call this site?

What might we call this site?

: Criticism of Crowdsourcing

* Criticism of Crowdsourcing

: Wrongs of the Internet

* Wrongs of the Internet

: Rethinking Free Culture

* Rethinking Free Culture

: Wikipedia Analysis (attn: the term "Wikipedia" is trademarked.  Can we use this name? ) or WikiAnalysis

* Wikipedia Analysis (attn: the term "Wikipedia" is trademarked.  Can we use this name?) or WikiAnalysis

: WikiReader (Americans will remember the "Weekly Reader" from Grade school … although this might not work for an international audience)

* WikiReader (Americans will remember the "Weekly Reader" from Grade school … although this might not work for an international audience)

: Center for Internet Criticism

* Center for Internet Criticism

: Internet Ethics Report

* Internet Ethics Report

: Internet Concerns

* Internet Concerns

: The Folly of Crowds

* The Folly of Crowds

: CyberCulture Review

* CyberCulture Review

One of the reasons that "The Wikipedia Review" has been so successful as a concept is that the name is precise, yet neutral.  A successful name will most likely have a neutral, objective(perhaps scientific), element which will not necessarily be seen as being negative towards the subject.  It is perhaps more effective to try to remain objective in our criticism, as to let the objective evidence speak for itself.

One of the reasons that "The Wikipedia Review" has been so successful as a concept is that the name is precise, yet neutral.  A successful name will most likely have a neutral, objective(perhaps scientific), element which will not necessarily be seen as being negative towards the subject.  It is perhaps more effective to try to remain objective in our criticism, as to let the objective evidence speak for itself.