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Scalar feels like a better scholarly sandbox. It has the advantage of allowing length of thought (unlike twitter) as well as an improved meta / path ability than BB. Social Book was valuable for annotating and discussing an existing, fixed, work, but was not the place for the creation of a new piece. Social Book felt like a seminar -- scholarly discussion and creation of understanding through interchange. Scalar feels like the production of new meaning -- the writing one might return to and revise and see as a complete record of thought. A case could be built in Scalar.
While one writes in Social Book, it is as a reader responding. In Scalar, the opportunity is there to be the writer as well as responder. There is the opportunity for collaboration. While the author may respond in Social Book, it is less likely than in Scalar where the work itself is still being created.
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