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Dan Gillmor breaks down the exploitative side of participatory culture

Dan Gillmor on the Center for Citizen Media blog writes about the good and bad about online group-based participation. The good happens when community is created and supported: People do things for many reasons, but it’s always about getting something of value back. The value may be a psychic reward of doing something good for [...]