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* http://www.gather.com/
** Social networking platform "for adults". UGC can lead to "Points", which are convertible to gift cards / donations.
** Forums are often sponsored and branded: Borders, American Public Media, Starbucks.
* "News" section contains some citizen media, mostly informal, opinion-based and unsourced. Some users simply copy/paste newspaper and wire articles with brief summary or commentary -- similar to Groundreport.
* Music and travel sections personal-essay style, read like blog posts. Health section filled with contributors from Harvard Health Publications, suggesting other media outlets are contributing to Gather to bring traffic to their sites are raise their profiles. 
* http://www.tumblr.com/
* [http://getsatisfaction.com Get Satisfaction] lets users create and post in topics around companies and products. Employees of the company can identify themselves and post official responses.
** Civic use: http://getsatisfaction.com/annarbor
** Corporate use: http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter

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