Ross Mayfield has posted a Social Software Alliance Wiki: Call For Discussion, 2003-04-16 that proposes some kind of alliance of developers working in this field.
Hmmmm ...... what do they mean by social software ... what do they mean by alliance.
Let's meet up and find out.....
yet another (very likely) false start ... i'm afraid i should say ...
perhaps because it all sounds very similar to the good will expressed by what was called the Open System Environment Study and Investigation, *mandated* by the European Commission well over 10 years ago, and supported by Government Agencies in Europe, North America and Asia Oceania ...
yes, i appreciate there are differences ... tools are now there ... which were then not available ... voices can be heard .. which could not then be heard ..
however, the huge missing factor is still ... *sharing and participation* ... *by common people* ... i'm afraid
but i wish i could say that ... yes ... i believe it's going to work ... because someone at long last shows an understanding for empathy as the missing factor ...
for over 30 years we have kept growing up to the *solo* voices of marketing and technocracy ... and the consequences should now be recognized beforehand ... for fear that any new initiative hides *vested interests* as its real motivation ...
so, my non-believer question is ... how is the Software Alliance Call for Discussion going to support the .... *sharing and participation* ... *by the common people* ... ?? ... if i may ask