Before having this lesson, the only thing that I know about collaborative writing is Wikipedia. I never thought that collaborative writing changes the relationship between customers and producers. Now, the relationship between customers and producers is much dynamic then before. Customers can share their ideas for fun and producers take advantage by providing channels for customers showing their intelligence. This is really a win-win situation.
In Hong Kong, there is a website which is more or less the same with Wikipedia in nature but it only includes the things about Hong Kong. It calls the Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong (EVCHK) which can illustrate collaborative writing in Hong Kong. (Link: http://evchk.wikia.com/wiki/%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%81) I find EVCHK very interesting because of its ironic style. For example, the Financial Secretary Mr. John Tsang Chun Wah released the 2009-2010 Budget and there were many negative feedbacks for the budget and many Hong Kong citizens criticized Mr. Tsang. In the page about Mr. Tsang, there is picture that looks like the cover page of the Budget but the content is all changed in order to satire on the government.
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It is good for government to open more online communicative channels for citizens to discuss political issues, however, there must be someone to maintain the online facebook/forums in order to facilitate the flow of information.
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