Thoughts on Mass Collaboration / Social Participation
Image Source Why I am not a contributor The first time the term “mass collaboration” ever came into my mind, I was thinking what if everyone in China donated me 1 yuan. Wouldn't I become a billionaire? Then I realized if this plan ever got executed, it would probably be my parents donating like 2k (because they are my parents), my friends donating probably 5 each, while most of the others donate 0 because they don’t know me and don’t even bother. The same situation applies to most of the online mass collaboration platforms. Only a small amount of people is doing most of the work in generating and maintaining the shared contents. I too am part of the majority that make no contribution to the social capital. I did tried once. I tried editing a wiki page of a niche Japanese stage actor. The submission was successful. However, there were several problems: first, they never approved my changes; second, they didn’t tell me any specific reason why it was rejected; and third, the site ...