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# Social creations
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/social-creations/
- Published: 2004-10-26T05:20:41.000Z
- Updated: 2004-10-26T05:20:41.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Collections

Multi-user games, wikipedia, e-bay, Amazon, Internet Movie Database. They all involve — in different ways — the co-creation of value between a platform provider and a social network enabled by that platform. Which raises issues of trust and authority.  
From a [Guardian](https://www.guardian.co.uk/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) article on Wikipedia:

> To its fans, it is a fantastic research resource – albeit one that you should use with caution; and an incredible example of what can be achieved by collaboration and cooperation over the internet. To its detractors – mostly those from the traditional world of encyclopedias and librarianship, it is barely worthy of the label “encyclopedia”. \[[Guardian Unlimited | Online | Simon Waldman on Wikipedia’s success](https://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1335892,00.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]