http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/ 2008-07-05T04:14:16Z http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/1829/from-user-generated-to-mass-generated.html Is the &#8220;swarm&#8221; a way of improving the quality of user-generated content?<br><br>There are signs that the next wave of interesting stuff on the web will be all about collaboration. <br><br>Some examples;<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://beta.kluster.com/">Kluster: </a>A collaborative networking site that allows people to come together around ideas. They recently completed an interesting capabilities demonstration at TED.<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.kaltura.com/"><br>Kaltura: </a>Lets users develop a collaborative video project by uploading video clips, photos, or audio tracks to a wiki. Users edit collaboratively using Kaltura&#8217;s browser-based video editor. They then import their video creations into Kaltura&#8217;s library of legally remixable content.<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/03/listening-post.html">Collaborative Playlists:</a> Edit and share playlists with others- <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.spotify.com/archives/2008/01/30/collaborative-playlists">like with Spotify. <br></a><br>This new collaboration movement will allow things to happen faster, allow the end results to be better and make the process more engaging and fun for all involved. <br>&nbsp;<br><br>Posted by Ed Cotton Influx Insights 2008-03-22T01:06:03Z