Clay Shirky continues to do and say important things about social software, p2p technoeconomics, and much other smart mobby stuff. He recently pointed out via his newsletter two “brief and speculative essays” about “Friendnets” — topologies of social networks overlaid on communication networks: “Gonze and Zooko (scroll down to 2002-12-14).
(Via NEC @ Shirky.com, a mailing list about Networks, Economics, and Culture)
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@ 19:29
Another important thing about the friendnet is collaborative filtering. If I know you, and know your tastes, then I know something about a resource you are sharing. That is more potent than any metadata.