http://madisonian.net/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Thu, 10 May 2012 20:32:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://madisonian.net/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/comment-page-1/#comment-186329 Monetizing the Attention Economy at madisonian.net: a weblog about law, technology, and society Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:16:19 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/#comment-186329 [...] No sooner do I report a question — what happens when collaboration “community” members start charging for what they’ve been giving away for free? — than I find an answer, courtesy of The Economist:  startups that are doing just that.  AttentionTrust.  Gesture Bank (now blessed by AttentionTrust).  Agloco.  Boxbe.  [...] [...] No sooner do I report a question — what happens when collaboration “community” members start charging for what they’ve been giving away for free? — than I find an answer, courtesy of The Economist:  startups that are doing just that.  AttentionTrust.  Gesture Bank (now blessed by AttentionTrust).  Agloco.  Boxbe.  [...]

]]> http://madisonian.net/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/comment-page-1/#comment-186270 The Future of Communities Blog » Blog Archive » Community 2.0 Conference discussion 2.0 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:50:53 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/#comment-186270 [...] I went to Vegas and all I got was this lousy community - Mike Madison The conference was unexpectedly challenging and stimulating and — in light of Viacom’s broadside against YouTube yesterday — timely… The range of interests represented at the conference surprised me:  Lots of content-related companies, lots of vendors (and potential vendors), lots of product-based companies and software developers and service providers.  But also — academic institutions interested in figuring how to support interdisciplinary research; financial services companies; trade unions; publishers (dead tree as well as electronic); travel-related companies.  Professional sports organizations.  Gaming companies. [...] [...] I went to Vegas and all I got was this lousy community – Mike Madison The conference was unexpectedly challenging and stimulating and — in light of Viacom’s broadside against YouTube yesterday — timely… The range of interests represented at the conference surprised me:  Lots of content-related companies, lots of vendors (and potential vendors), lots of product-based companies and software developers and service providers.  But also — academic institutions interested in figuring how to support interdisciplinary research; financial services companies; trade unions; publishers (dead tree as well as electronic); travel-related companies.  Professional sports organizations.  Gaming companies. [...]

]]> http://madisonian.net/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/comment-page-1/#comment-185891 Vacation Vegas » I went to Vegas, and all I got was this lousy community Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:13:35 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/#comment-185891 [...] Original post by Mike Madison and powered by Img Fly [...] [...] Original post by Mike Madison and powered by Img Fly [...]

]]> http://madisonian.net/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/comment-page-1/#comment-185689 Eric Goldman Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:44:21 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/03/14/i-went-to-vegas-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-community/#comment-185689 You may recall that financial incentives were an integral part of Epinions' model on day 1. However, they are at best a mixed bag when it comes to forming a community--they can conform contributors' behavior to set objectives, but inevitably they spark fights over who and how much. Eric. You may recall that financial incentives were an integral part of Epinions’ model on day 1. However, they are at best a mixed bag when it comes to forming a community–they can conform contributors’ behavior to set objectives, but inevitably they spark fights over who and how much. Eric.

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