Internet Swarms and Peer Production Petri Kola

Petri Kola

Physical vs. virtual tradition of physical metaphors in understanding computers/networks but as a system the virtual is different differences in friction, privacy,...

tradition of physical metaphors in understanding computers/networks

but as a system the virtual is different

differences in friction, privacy,...

Examples of hard questions

Borrowing someone’s open WLAN Salo court in Finland decided that it was illegal to use an open WLAN without permission [Helsingin Sanomat: 14.4.2008]

Salo court in Finland decided that it was illegal to use an open WLAN without permission [Helsingin Sanomat: 14.4.2008]

Internet censorship secret block-list no court involved in blocking decissions can be bypassed in 10 seconds blocking is DNS based

secret block-list

no court involved in blocking decissions

can be bypassed in 10 seconds

blocking is DNS based

Stealing a file "copying is stealing" technically, copying is not theft because the original copy remains

"copying is stealing"

technically, copying is not theft because the original copy remains

Economics and scarcity markets not recognizing scarcity of physical resources markets creating pseudo-scarcity in the virtual

markets not recognizing scarcity of physical resources

markets creating pseudo-scarcity in the virtual

Micro contribution my hypothetical concept doesn’t exist in physical reality virtual community -> peer production

my hypothetical concept

doesn’t exist in physical reality

virtual community -> peer production

Driving forces productivity in cognitive work depends heavily on the right participants and resources meeting each other open systems systematically better as administrative information processing systems

productivity in cognitive work depends heavily on the right participants and resources meeting each other

open systems systematically better as administrative information processing systems

Combining contributions criteria does the code run? neutral point of view in Wikipedia

criteria

does the code run?

neutral point of view in Wikipedia

Forking branching from the main project bad for the project -> the community tries to avoid it “insurance for participation”

branching from the main project

bad for the project -> the community tries to avoid it

“insurance for participation”

We need to recognize how virtual organizing is different.

Open peer production micro contributions traceability - who did what early feedback undo post priori authorization

micro contributions

traceability - who did what

early feedback

undo

post priori authorization

Swarm like organization focus on action and achievement unclear borders emergent rules doesn’t look like much doesn’t have to succeed

focus on action and achievement

unclear borders

emergent rules

doesn’t look like much

doesn’t have to succeed

Hacker attitudes creating, sharing information-sharing as both an ideal and a practical strategy hostility to secrecy upholding the right to fork emphasis on rationality distaste for authority playful cleverness

creating, sharing

information-sharing as both an ideal and a practical strategy

hostility to secrecy

upholding the right to fork

emphasis on rationality

distaste for authority

playful cleverness

Produsage Production + Usage = Produsage

Production + Usage = Produsage

Swarm methaphor worth more research stigmergy = indirect coordination between agents or actions

worth more research

stigmergy = indirect coordination between agents or actions