Comments on: Update: 3 things http://significantobjects.com/2009/10/27/update-3-things/ ...and how they got that way Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Walker http://significantobjects.com/2009/10/27/update-3-things/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Rob Walker Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:01:36 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2204#comment-1096 Thanks again Nicki, and we are still thinking this through. I'm not sure if either of these models is quite right for a fiction project, but ... still thinking. Thanks again Nicki, and we are still thinking this through. I’m not sure if either of these models is quite right for a fiction project, but … still thinking.

]]> By: Nicki http://significantobjects.com/2009/10/27/update-3-things/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Nicki Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:20:03 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2204#comment-966 Atlas Obscura (http://www.atlasobscura.com/) is a good example of a site with dynamic, wiki-style collaboration ... when a user joins, (s)he can submit edits and additions to the Atlas entries, which are simply reviewed/approved by an editor before going live ... There isn't really a voting equivalent on Atlas Obscura, but I have to think there's some simple way to incorporate it into a platform like theirs ... A possibly helpful example (not too sexy or streamlined, but still) of online voting is here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/greengov/ideas/ Atlas Obscura (http://www.atlasobscura.com/) is a good example of a site with dynamic, wiki-style collaboration … when a user joins, (s)he can submit edits and additions to the Atlas entries, which are simply reviewed/approved by an editor before going live … There isn’t really a voting equivalent on Atlas Obscura, but I have to think there’s some simple way to incorporate it into a platform like theirs … A possibly helpful example (not too sexy or streamlined, but still) of online voting is here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/greengov/ideas/

]]> By: Rob Walker http://significantobjects.com/2009/10/27/update-3-things/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Rob Walker Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:51:24 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2204#comment-964 It's an interesting idea, Nicki. I don't know enough about such things to quite know how it would work -- especially the voting part. Is there an example you (or anybody) would point to? It’s an interesting idea, Nicki. I don’t know enough about such things to quite know how it would work — especially the voting part. Is there an example you (or anybody) would point to?

]]> By: Nicki http://significantobjects.com/2009/10/27/update-3-things/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Nicki Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:53:13 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=2204#comment-951 What about a wiki-style open market spin-off? Loosely moderated, each object open to as many story submissions as we writers can imagine in a given time frame, and story with the most votes (?) gets to send the object to the ebay market? Maybe the authors remain anonymous until the voting ends? I also think there are so many great ways this project could enable collaboration - cross-object stories, or cross-genre collaborations. What about a wiki-style open market spin-off? Loosely moderated, each object open to as many story submissions as we writers can imagine in a given time frame, and story with the most votes (?) gets to send the object to the ebay market? Maybe the authors remain anonymous until the voting ends?

I also think there are so many great ways this project could enable collaboration – cross-object stories, or cross-genre collaborations.

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