[LINK] A bizarre twist on a twist - unreal online persona hi-jacked

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 18/04/2013 3:20 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 02:52 PM 18/04/2013, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> When ProfHacker creates a fictional story on-line and then others add to
>> it, seemingly done in ProfHacker's name, who owns what?
>>
>> Ownership in the digital universe is problematic, to say the least.
> I think that's what a mash-up is -- multiple creators in a digital
> environment. But you could ask the same question of a standard news
> article with multiple editors between the original journo and the
> final result.

In this context, ownership is only important when assessing risk and/or 
trust.

In the case of a newspaper, the editor "owns" the content, so I give the 
content a certain credibility and trust.

If I read something on Reddit or Hacker News I don't know its ownership 
so I greatly decrease its credibility and trust. I'm more inclined to 
check sources for these reports than for newspaper reports.

Linking this subject to another thread... I trust our currency (owned by 
the Australian government) much more than I would trust Bitcoin (owned 
by whom? with what credibility?).

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
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