Tools List

Summer Portal • Manifesto• Report Outline • Side Stories • Glossary
Guiding Doc • Case study format • Rejected text

• 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.
• http://www.tumblr.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