1) We can't predict if a technology is invented then not used for their intended purpose. This can be seen in past inventions such as telephones and SMS. Telephones were originally intended to be used for people to listen in to west end performances and SMS didn't really have a purpose. Only when put into the hands of the user does the unintended purpose start to show through.
2) Users are important in the mass collaboration as they help to create and expand the current forms of media so that the media form they are using is expanded.
3) We Think has had a rather big impact on the music industry as fans are able to remix their favourite artists and it has also allowed little known artists to gain more popularity and eventually be signed. An example of remixing is the FiXt remix community who run competitions to win recording equipment by submitting a remix of a certain song. An example of a little known artist gaining popularity is the NES rock band 'I Fight Dragons' who were recently signed to Atlantic Records.
4) With the introduction
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