The document discusses wikis and their uses and limitations. It notes that wikis are best suited for big, collaborative projects that require letting go of the idea of individual work and embracing collaboration. However, wikis may not be well-suited for personal projects that impact one's digital identity or private matters meant for only one person. The document also presents differing views about whether technology enhances or hinders community, with one viewpoint arguing it revolutionizes community and the other concerned it may replace human interaction.

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Contemplating Wikis
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10. wikis are tools
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11. Things they’re not good
for, according to Barton:
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15. in other words,
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16. Things that are yours alone,
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17. especially
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18. things that impact your
digital identity.
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19. What’s a wiki good for?
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20. Big, collaborative stuff.
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21. s p r a w l i n g
projects
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23. It means we have to let
go of this:
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25. and consider
collaboration as a given.
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29. Jalisa, Mary DJ,
Chelsea, Katie, Shanelle
(among others):
Zelenka: Trust Factor
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30. Chelsea:
I also valued [Moore & Neely’s] use of real life
situations, such as BeeHive, though I didn’t quite
share your optimism. I think that crowdsourcing
and the virtual connections made in the examples
given by Moore and Neely were quite possibly
exceptions. A lot of times plans like this do not
work- people troll the operating systems, gossip
about coworkers, use these crowdsourcing means
for nonproductive ends. Don’t get me wrong, I think
it’s possible- I just don’t think it is as probable as
Moore and Neely suggest.
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31. Can:
I wonder what it would be like if SU had something
equivalent to the Beehive. If anyone has experience
with creating these kinds of websites, I would be very
interested to try and maybe start something like this…
Caroline (and Red and Sheri and more):
I totally agree with the Beehive point! ... It’s so simple but
seems to make a big impact and I can definitely see why!
Having a small Facebook/Linked in for just your company is
genius and so smart-thinking. I wrote in mine, Can, that we
should have this for Syracuse or our class even!
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32. 2 viewpoints on
community
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33. Emily:
Zelenka states that, “No longer is social networking
and schmoozing required only of salespeople and
politicians. In the web age, everyone must build a
social network in order to succeed.” (Zelenka, 161)
However, with social networking reaching such
high levels of importance, is it only a matter of time
before the usage of social networking begins to
outweigh that of human interaction in the
workplace?
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34. Korena:
Some people would argue that technology is limiting
community interaction. We look at machines more than we
look people in the eye. I think these people are wrong.
Technology isn’t shadowing the role of the community.
Technology is revolutionizing the role of the community. ...
Virtual communities aren’t practical and can’t substitute face-
to-face interaction unless they are used the right way. Being
face-to-face with a person means a couple things: 1) Your
attention is on that person, 2) You are taking the time to have
a conversation with that person and 3) You see the person
your talking to as a human being that deserves respect.
Zelenka talks about the importance of taking such ideals with
you to the virtual community in “effective virtual team
work” (Zelenka 155).
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35. Red:
I use Skype most often because it is so well known
user-friendly. It is good to hear other people’s
voices rather than just reading bland text. It helps
to gauge how other members of your team are
feeling about the work through their voices. The
downside to this is that more and more people are
saying “no” to voice chats or telephone calls. No
one wants to speak anymore, only type due to its
timeliness and the fact that you can work on more
thing than one this way. I believe there is also a
growing fear in young people of feeling dumb for
actually calling someone.
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