Hello my name is Myles, I'm really new to this blog thing so try not to judge. I am writing this for my E Society class and am excited to see where class goes. I am excited to see what I will learn from this class and learn how online communities will effect my life. In regards to the readings, i think the most most interesting concept I've seen so far is how collective intelligence has to happen in real time as seen in the article Collective Intelligence. Before reading that I never once thought about collaborating in those terms. in modern society we use the internet to interact and learn from each other in a very fast and very real way. social forms allow instant interaction with people who share the same interests as you and can help individuals on their own journey. The second is from the NEXTDOOR article I learned that through creating social networks and communities that even when a large number of people gather that human nature is there. An example of this can be seen when the neighbors would post descriptions of crimes that they witness, it is safe to assume that none of these post were truly trying to do good, however their discrimination were basically useless and borderline racist. So it is important to find a way to help users in what they post and have social guidelines. Lastly in the article titled What Is Collaboration Anyway? we see what a strongly collaborated website looks like, the example really stuck out to be because it talked about IMDB. Which use a user based platform that lets it's users cultivate data and information about movies, TV shows, and video games. I am an avid user of IMDB but never once stopped to think that I am engaging in collaborated information, I only selfishless saw it from my own consumer stand point. So i was pretty excited to learn another way that I have been using collaborated information.

I am very excited to see where the rest of class goes!