Stephen Downes

Scott Wilson joins the groups and networks discussion. He writes that he is not sure about the introduction of 'collectives' and that "there is a lack of clarity around the difference - very large, I'd say - between a network operating within a single managed service (such as an Elgg installation) and a network formed by people blogging and tagging things of mutual relevance." Of interest are his diagrams - "cybernetic modeling" of groups, distributed networks, and bounded networks.