Category Archives: Unit 9

Remix discussion

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In this week’s reading, all I could think about it was how websites were made. Especially those sites for social networking, those creators who have created Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. This made me think about how they could start out by not knowing anything about creating a website- to being amateur on the topic of it. Lessig stated that there are two different kinds of cultures. RO who are ‘fueled by professionals’, and RW who are both professional and amateur. The author claims, “Creating is a responsibility. Only by practicing it can you learn it” (Lessig 87). The question that boggles my mind, is if people  think only professionals (RO) are those who can create such large corporation simply by practicing it from being completely clueless on the topic, or do they hire real professionals to make the site for them? What do you think and how do you think they learn the practice?