Comments on: “User-generated content” –> “Community-curated works” http://blog.aboutus.org/2008/08/28/user-generated-content-community-curated-works/ AboutUs.org is creating an editable guide to websites Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:06:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TedErnst http://blog.aboutus.org/2008/08/28/user-generated-content-community-curated-works/comment-page-1/#comment-151 TedErnst Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:07:42 +0000 http://blog.aboutus.org/?p=626#comment-151 With a museum, the community doesn't have anything to do with the curation. And, as I said in the post, I'm not sold on CCW either. So what's better than both? Let's come up with something else! With a museum, the community doesn’t have anything to do with the curation.

And, as I said in the post, I’m not sold on CCW either. So what’s better than both? Let’s come up with something else!

]]> By: Jeff Moriarty http://blog.aboutus.org/2008/08/28/user-generated-content-community-curated-works/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Jeff Moriarty Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:54:33 +0000 http://blog.aboutus.org/?p=626#comment-152 Ouch... I think CCW is 10x worse than UGC. UGC isn't perfect and I would be open to a different term, but CCW is too esoteric and abstract. A good phrase has an immediate connection. "community curated works" sounds like like way a museum cares for its relics... things that the normal person cannot touch. But you can contribute to the museum and they will keep them behind bullet proof glass for you. Ouch… I think CCW is 10x worse than UGC. UGC isn’t perfect and I would be open to a different term, but CCW is too esoteric and abstract. A good phrase has an immediate connection. “community curated works” sounds like like way a museum cares for its relics… things that the normal person cannot touch. But you can contribute to the museum and they will keep them behind bullet proof glass for you.

]]> By: I Hate the Term “User Generated Content”. How About “Community-Curated Works” Instead? at Josh Bancroft’s TinyScreenfuls.com http://blog.aboutus.org/2008/08/28/user-generated-content-community-curated-works/comment-page-1/#comment-153 I Hate the Term “User Generated Content”. How About “Community-Curated Works” Instead? at Josh Bancroft’s TinyScreenfuls.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:49:26 +0000 http://blog.aboutus.org/?p=626#comment-153 [...] just came across this post about the term from Ted Ernst at AboutUs (a Portland-based wiki company where Ward Cunningham, the guy who [...] [...] just came across this post about the term from Ted Ernst at AboutUs (a Portland-based wiki company where Ward Cunningham, the guy who [...]

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://blog.aboutus.org/2008/08/28/user-generated-content-community-curated-works/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Marshall Kirkpatrick Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:13:07 +0000 http://blog.aboutus.org/?p=626#comment-154 I like it! Good post, too, Ted. I like it! Good post, too, Ted.

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