The Revolution of Mass-Collaboration

Led by: Eyal Hertzog, Founder of Metacafe

Mass collaboration is a form of collective action that occurs when large numbers of people work independently on a single project, often modular in its nature. Such projects typically take place on the internet using social software and computer-supported collaboration tools such as wiki technologies, which provide a potentially infinite hypertextual substrate within which the collaboration may be situated.

A key aspect which distinguishes mass collaboration from other forms of large-scale collaboration, is that the collaborative process is mediated by the content being created - as opposed to being mediated by direct social interaction as in other forms of collaboration.

Mass collaboration. (2007, August 23). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:35, September 13, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mass_collaboration&oldid=153221570

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