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# Re: Talker-ization of MOOs

- Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 14:39:50 PDT
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    >Possibly true, but as you yourself point out, it's a matter of
    >knowing "what they want that doesn't exist yet."  This presumes that
    >either you 1) know what they want already, or 2) are sufficiently
    >well-enough informed about your user community's general desires,
    >motivations, current means of interaction, etc. to be able to infer
    >what potential applications might be usefully constructed out of
    >the emerging technologies.  In order to achieve 1) you should probably
    >just go ask your users.  In order to achieve 2) you probably have
    >to engage in a fairly substantial ethnographic effort to obtain
    >the necessary level of understanding in regards to your community.

    Well put... :) I'll point out that I wasn't suggesting that *I* knew what
    my users wanted, but I *still* think it's better to be experimental and see
    what happens rather than somewhat exclusively poll your users. I love to
    use the analogy of a radio station. If you asked the listeners what songs
    they wanted to hear, they only have the songs that already exist as a
    framework to choose from. So, if we exclusively ask them what they want,
    all we get is rehash (which, incidentally, is why 99% of radio stations are
    rotten to the core).

    Cheers,

    cricket

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