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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Check out Randomise Me: <a href="http://randomiseme.org">http://randomiseme.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s a new form of social machinery, it is offering users to perform their own ‘science’; allowing a user to create a trial, and then invite participants to join in and help prove/disprove it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Although this might be used for trivial things (currently there are trials such as, does eating cheese before bed give you nightmares), this is a great example of crowdsourcing and potentially an free and open data resource of human activity and interest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If the machine gets more popular, will the type of trials being conducted become more scientific, will the machine have to adapt to this, will the community using it change? Will other social machines emerge from this? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Something to watch out for!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ramine<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>