3 Sameer Ahuja Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones Andrea Kavanaugh Candida Tauro B. Joon Kim 2008 Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing: Conference on Online Deliberation University of California, Berkeley 26/06/2008 diggov, sns Local conversations online are an important means of building awareness and increasing participation amongst citizens. However, most local websites are restricted to using forums or collaborative blogs as the medium of conversation. We are designing ‘Colloki’, a local conversation system that aims to utilize a set of social and organizational features for a more effective conversational environment. In this paper we discuss our design and social features for colloki. 3 Kim, H. N. Kavanaugh, Andrea Smith-Jackson, T. 2007 the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Waikoloa, Hawaii January 3-6 0 Andrea L. Kavanaugh Than Than Zin Mary Beth Rosson John M. Carroll Joseph Schmitz B. Joon Kim 2007 Comput. Supported Coop. Work 16 375-395 2007 0 Kim, B. Joon Kavanaugh, Andrea Hult, Karen M. 2007 Journal of Technology, Knowedge and Society 2 207-222 http://ijt.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.42/prod.272 3 Kavanaugh, Andrea Kim, H. N. Pérez-Quiñones, M.A. Isenhour, Philip 2007 C. Steinfield B. Pentland M. Ackerman N. Contractor the 3rd Communities and Technologies Conference East Lansing, MI Springer 419-438 0 Kim, J. Wyatt, R. Katz, E. 1999 Political Communication 16 361-385 0 Kavanaugh, Andrea B. Joon Kim Pérez-Quiñones, M.A. Schmitz, Joseph Information, Communication, and Society