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How Do We Know that Collaborative Classification is Expanding?

Today,  many articles have discussed how tests and surveys are being conducted in order to observe the effect of collaborative classification on the internet and on society, as well as discussing the benefits that arise from the systematic process. Referring back to O.J. Borchert's article, Harnessing user generated multimedia content in the creation of collaborative classification structures and retrieval learning games, gaming is used to measure the productivity of collaborative classification from gaming and how it impacts the user. “When supplied with more structured data, students were enthusiastic about the classification and identification tasks, showing marked improvement in usability scores iv and in open ended survey responses” (O.J. Borchert 20-22). Borchert reveals how collaborative classification has been used to organize data and classify them according to specified topics, which were then used as data in an experiment to measure the productivity of these individuals. 

  

According to the article, Collaborative Filtering with Ordinal Scale-based Implicit Ratings for Mobile Music Recommendations, Seok Kee Lee discusses how collaborative classification is a crucial in developing collaborative filtering, which is a useful solution to categorize information and unites users globally with an attractive interphase, and demonstrates how people are living virtual lives as online activity increases significantly. “It identifies customers whose tastes are similar to those of the target customer and recommends items that those customers have liked” (Seok Kee Lee 19-20). Lee's statement reveals how collaborative classification unites people by linking them to others of similar interests and guiding them to work with those who can build upon a specific category. This teamwork leads to the expansion of collaborative classification by having users work together to describe and classify a specific topic on the internet. This blog for example is a tool of collaborative classification since it possesses the ability for users to read this topic and take a position by commenting their beliefs. This controversy helps describe the topic even more by addressing all details of its specifics and how it is involved in society. Collaborative classification is the catalyst for productivity on the internet due to these factors and connects societies all over the world by sharing their similar interests. Without this systematic process, people would not be able to live a life in the virtual world and would not possess the ability to discover shared interests with others.       

Collaborative Classification Is Used Everywhere

Collaborative classification is a process which can be applied for universal concepts. Music is one concept where collaborative classification is heavily used and enables artists to help organize their music according to a specific genre. This process categorizes music by having users select their favorite types of music, according to genre, and organize them into an album or playlist. These albums or playlists can then be shared with the world where people are able to tune in and share the playlist, like or dislike them, and add to another's album. The sharing of  music has revolutionized the music industry by connecting artists all over the world with famous producers and connecting to audiences of various interests.

   

Collaborative classification is not only involved in music, but is enhanced through gaming operating systems as well. According to the academic article, Harnessing user generated multimedia content in the creation of collaborative classification structures and retrieval learning games, O.J. Borchert discusses how classification is included in the virtual world and how using this systematic process aids in the development of categorization. “Communication is integrated into the experience through specific tasks and communication mediums” (O.J. Borchert 9-10). Borchert's statement indicates how collaborative classification is structured on teamwork which constructs the internet's organization based on society’s communication. Collaborative classification is the systematic process which can not be undertaken without having a group of individuals unite and discover interests together.   

The Framework of Collaborative Classification

Collaborative classification is the method where a system is broken down into multiple steps and develops a framework where individuals are able to break down into groups and work together. These individuals are able to take a concept and break it down into smaller pieces, which are then described specifically and classified as a certain idea on the internet. Keywords or key phrases are then formed as a result from classifying an idea, enabling those who are curious to research the interest. 

  

Online search engines promote collaborative classification by internet users developing websites based on select ideas and explaining what a select topic is. As people invest more time and increase online activity, their lives become more digitized due to spending a majority of their life in the virtual world. Collaborative classification enhances communication and encourages individuals to devote more time online. Without collaborative classification, society will not be able to move forward along with the internet. 

Types of Collaborative Classification Involved in Social Media

The thumbs-up emoji has revolutionized the virtual world by empowering people to state their opinions on whether they like or dislike a video, image, idea, text, or any other means of online sources. With access to the internet, lives all over the world have become more digitized due to people spending more time on online pages. Facebook is one famous example which connects people from different societies and keeps them in touch by providing them with the ability to observe what goes on in friends and family lives as well as sharing their opinion online. Facebook along with many other social media sites has significantly industrialized society and has incorporates collaborative classification by providing the user the systematic ability to organize what goes on in their life through organizing pictures, videos, and comments. As a result of this process, people themselves are classified according to their online activity thus digitizing their lives. 

Collaborative classification has united society by bringing enabling people all over the world to work together on the internet to complete tasks or share research. Google Hangouts is a tool of collaborative classification manipulated by users to communicate with other people. This tool can be used from anywhere to complete assignments, share presentations, or and can be used for a variety of other uses. Without collaborative classification, much entropy would exist within information on the internet.

What is Collaborative Classification?

What is Collaborative Classification?

Have you ever wondered how you are going to work on an online assignment with other people? Have you felt that burning sensation to comment on a video or picture? Have you ever wanted to communicate with people all over the world? The internet is the solution to all of these demands. People all over the world enjoy sharing their opinions and are determined to explore their interests through the internet. Interests and beliefs have been categorized and organized in such patterns through online methods and systematic processes. Collaborative classification is this systematic process where people all over the world are able to come together and work in unity to explore ideologies and common passions. Take a blog for example. Blogs are commonly used by individuals to discuss their opinions on a select topic with the world and express their beliefs with other people as well. On a blog, one person is able to address a controversial topic while others are able to comment and state their opinions, whether it may support or attack another's argument. Collaborative classification empowers individuals to come together and work as one through online means, thus digitizing the lives of people one person at a time.