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[Oblique Angle: Communities of Play](http://obliqueangle.blogspot.com/2005/04/communities-of-play.html)
Breakdown of the key characteristics of online communities, and its distinction from an affinity group.
(tags: [communities](http://delicious.com/adders/communities))
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[Curation an important focus for news sites | The Evolving Newsroom](http://evolvingnewsroom.co.nz/curation-an-important-focus-for-news-sites)
Aggregation will play an important role in the future of telegraph.co.uk
(tags: [curator](http://delicious.com/adders/curator) [curation](http://delicious.com/adders/curation) [aggregation](http://delicious.com/adders/aggregation) [thetelegraph](http://delicious.com/adders/thetelegraph))
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[noodlepie: Publishing an online newswire](http://www.noodlepie.com/2009/04/creating-an-online-newswire-with-publish2.html)
A useful look at aggregation workflows using Publish2
(tags: [journalism](http://delicious.com/adders/journalism) [aggregation](http://delicious.com/adders/aggregation) [workflow](http://delicious.com/adders/workflow) [publish2](http://delicious.com/adders/publish2))
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[It Takes a Village Idiot: The Jerks of Online Forums – PC World](http://www.pcworld.com/article/163734-12/it_takes_a_village_idiot_the_jerks_of_online_forums.html)
Ah, I recognise every single one of these archetypes.
(tags: [forums](http://delicious.com/adders/forums) [trolls](http://delicious.com/adders/trolls) [community](http://delicious.com/adders/community))
