Issues of control and information architecture
I was having a conversation with a startup around social software the other day, and those conversations almost always end up being around issues of control. I was trying to explain them that mechanisms of control don't necessarily need to be mechanisms of all-out restriction, but are often social mechanisms of setting examples, social control, deciding what content to surface and such.
So today I am happy to find this excellent blog: Architectures of Control in Design
# May 5, 2006