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Great reads from around the web on August 15th

Amy Sample Ward

Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? – "Love it or hate it, you can't say Wikipedia is slow to innovate. ’ Well, now’s your chance!

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article. The greatest enemy of a direct response email is the spam filter. Instead, review your copy from a specific, intentional perspective that allows you to experience it anew. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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Philanthropist 2.0: Crowdsourced Advised Funds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikipedia is probably the best example of this, but I think it's possible to do much more. This is my first experiment in solving this problem. This is my first experiment in solving this problem. Ultimately, this is just a recommendation and I may completely ignore the results if they are stupid, so don't bother spamming.

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Stay Ahead of AI’s Magic

.orgSource

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Do we actually “invent” or are our inventions the result of cumulative information and experience?

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

Experiences? If users have to create an account, that in itself is a barrier, but it will allow you to delete accounts that spam. If you open up filesharing, you could expose your members to viruses, unhelpful or inappropriate content, or spam. Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy. What tools do you already use, if any?

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Ten Useful Examples of the Real-Time Web in Action

NTEN

Time then to ping mainstream news sources, image search and his Wikipedia page to check for updates. They are like broad, topical, personalized blogsearch with good spam control. Patrick Swayze is being talked about a lot all the sudden on Twitter? Real-Time Publishing. These services are fun and useful. Real-Time Sharing.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Putting the U in YouTube, Some Cool Events, and Electronic Sheep Dreams

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! Social Networking Sites, Online Communities, and Experiments. Jason Z at DIA bog writes about the launch of " Make It Your Own: Case Foundation's Experiment in Citizen-Centric Philanthropy " which includes both MySpace and Facebook. NpTech Talk.

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