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Facebook: Iceland Constitution and Gov 2.0

Laurel Papworth

Iceland have turned to social media to ask the population to crowdsource writing Iceland’s new constitution. Compare to Australia’s Future of Melbourne wiki or New Zealand crowdsourcing their Police Act. In 2009 6 times as many people as in 2005 emigrated from Iceland. 2/3 are on Facebook. Not much fun.

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Metaverse – The End of Reality and the Big Picture plus Sunyata

Laurel Papworth

00:05:43.650] I’ve been involved in decentralised currency since 2005, so before Bitcoin and have tracked how economies have been built through using different items for exchange. But I always felt that there was a potential there for that crowdsourcing marketplace to then explode. Probably training AI, to be honest.

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Copyright – Social Media SAVES your IP from plagiarists

Laurel Papworth

I think we are crowdsourcing this unIndustry association in an adhoc movement of anti-marketing anti-PR communities. It was either 2005 or 2006. User generated advertising: Facebook stalker and Social Media consultants (1). My Plagiarism story. I presented at WebDirections. Related posts. Twestival: Imogen Heap (2).

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Real investments in virtual worlds continue

The Way of the Web

Don’t forget back in 2004, David Storey paid $26,500 in Entropia , then Jon Jacobs invested $100,000 in a virtual space station in Entropia in November 2005, and of course Anshe Chung became a millionaire via Second Life in 2006. Apparently both David and Jon have made their money back and more. I hope they decide to open their eyes.

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How to Utilize Social to Manage Customer Expectations

Convince & Convert

million Facebook fans. They not only monitor the social platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) but also create digital content for the park. Scottish brewery BrewDog is has created a crowdsourced microbrew called #Mashtag (mashing is the first step in the beer brewing process). Small Team, Big Roller Coasters.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, is building a platform that crowdsources crisis information, allowing anyone to submit crisis information through text messaging using a mobile phone, email or web form. She’s also the founding editor of bizSanDiego Magazine and ran her own PR firm from 2005 to 2008. @kenyanpundit.

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