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The Big Picture is made up of three interconnected applications. The Big Bucket is to crowd-source the aggregation and curation of UGC. The Big Discussion is the live debate where the newsmakers connect the sources of UGC and the experts to decide what elements in the news stream are part of the bigger picture. The recorded replay of the Big Discussion is the Big Picture application which is available to the wider audience of the web (the Big Discussion will take only 1,000 live viewers).
Thus, there is a feedback loop where the generators and consumers of the world wide information stream are incentivised to work with news organisations to curate, aggregate and moderate the seemingly endless stream. In return they receive access to 'experts', are given the same status and voice in the conversation and an overlay of this information on top of their content (they get the views onto their page, not a hyperlink).
It is also aimed at foremost delivering insight, analysis and curation, with the content as optional. The content of the discussion becomes a democratic selection by the viewers and the analysis builds the navigation of the content.
