The Public Privacy – Patterns for Filtering Personal Information in Collaborative Systems

Privacy, isolation, and fairness are important issues for virtual commu-nities and collaborative applications that are on the other hand hard to establish. This paper presents six patterns that focus on how to establish boundaries for interaction. The patterns address issues regarding information perceived from and transmitted to other users. They discuss the importance of shielding the user from too much information in specific situations and the need for controlling how much information is provided by the local user. Note to the writer’s workshop participants: The following pattern language exceeds the length that can be reasonably discussed in one writer’s workshop session. Thus, I’d be happy to receive feedback on the patterns Attention Screen →