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We live, work, and play in social spaces — both online and off. Our offline spaces are tremendously descriptive: they speak vividly to us as we interact within them. Imagine stumbling into a party at which you know virtually no one. Within moments of entering the room, you quickly determine how many people are present, and how actively they are engaged with each other. Is this a lively group, or a quiet one? Is it an office cocktail hour, a gathering of friends, or a wake? Is the room packed shoulder to shoulder, or is it so empty that people are clinging to the walls? Are people dancing, or nervously nursing their drinks?
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Fisher, D. (2003). Studying Social Information Spaces. In: Lueg, C., Fisher, D. (eds) From Usenet to CoWebs. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0057-7_1
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