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# Levels of participation
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/levels-of-participation/
- Published: 2007-07-13T08:05:37.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:32:59.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Social

[Ja.net Collaborate](https://www.janetcollaborate.ac.uk/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) is a prototype social networking site for UK education. Meeting best practice, it describes itself with three verbs: find, share, organize. Predictably, one might ask whether this is a natural venue for participation. Given network-level services like Facebook or Delicious, or domain specific initiatives (such as those Nature is building: for a recent overview see Jon Udell’s [discussion](https://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/06/a-conversation-with-timo-hannay-about-the-scientific-web/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) with Timo Hannay) or institutional provision.  
One cannot simply create community by fiat. It grows, sometimes in unlikely places. It will be interesting to see how Ja.net Collaborate fares.