Making is Connecting, chapter 8: The meaning of making III: Digital

Making is Connecting, chapter 8: The meaning of making III: Digital - Gauntlett

Positives of Web 2.0:

Services such as YouTube, WordPress, and Flickr provide users with easy-to-use platforms which enable them to place their creative work online
These services are typically free
Being part of a big, popular platform makes it easier for your work to be found by others
The commenting and community facilities enable others to engage with and respond to the content, and help to build relationships, and possibly collaborations, between creators

Web 2. 0 sites provide no content themselves, but instead become highly valued and (in some cases) profitable businesses off the back of the creativity of their users.
They 'exploit' the 'labour' of all site visitors, who generate valuable data about their interests and activities as they click around a site.
Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Foundation.

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