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- Odd mix of being old yet vibrant
- Differences from discussion boardboards?
- personal presence
- more widely read
- community
- hybrid forms
- community and recommenders Daily Kos
- building knowledge base
- Blackboard intersection
- social software is too much to add to already burdened student experience
- technology problems
- multiple logins, silos
- so single sign-on is a selection criterion for new tools