March 2, 2013  

Planet Hunters: An Online Community

The team at Possible including Elena Moffet and Tyler Brain made a short documentary exploring online communities from the perspective of the individuals who compose them. This included talking to people involved with Wikipedia and open source software developers. Our own Katy Maloney reflects on being a citizen scientist and part of the Planet Hunters community. You can watch the final product titled COLLECTIVE: An exploration of online community below:

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3 responses to “Planet Hunters: An Online Community”

  1. Brian Warren says :

    A truly wondeful expose of clever but humble souls doing what they are born to do and inspiring the rest of us to get on and do our best using these excellent facilities.

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