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News as a game: the view from Slashdot

Last week the OJB published a roundup piece on how games were being used in journalism. The discussion around the post at Slashdot concerning journalism in general is so good it’s worth highlighting in its own right. I would republish the best ones here, but that would be a disservice to the range of discussion taking place. Take a look here*  *if
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Patterns for designing a reputation system

Yahoo! have released a family of Reputation patterns: “They don’t tell you how to lay out a page or where to put an interactive widget. Instead, they address how to design a reputation system for your social software.” Why is this important? The patterns are a wonderful resource for any news organisation looking to plan a community element in which
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