The data that drives this was compiled at the end of September 09. Gary is promising to keep it up to date.
Go ahead - scare an old mediapologist :-) We Media before their very eyes.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Media that publishes without a comment box, publishes broken
To corrupt a Clay Shirky phrase (a screen that ships without a mouse, ships broken):Media that publishes without a comment box, publishes broken
That is to say I am somewhat amazed that there are still publishers, (even those who profess an open approach), who publish content without allowing the reader to publish back at them - to comment on their story.
It's an extraordinary attitude that says:
- There, I'm done.
- That's all you need to know.
- All your questions have been answered - because I say so.
- This is as good as it gets.
- Me producer, you consumer.
- Me expert, you little man/woman.
- Nothing to be challenged here. Move along
- Your opinion counts for zip
And the originators would like a little of that value, right?
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Companies that harness the power of the network will win
Very interesting deck from Sean Parker - one of the driving forces behind Facebook - in which he argues:
"The companies that harness the power of the networks will dominate the internet"
Regulars here will find that rings very familiar (hence my book, The Power of the Network).
Here's his deck (hat-tip to @msamayoa ) which has been sparking comments galore at Techcrunch
Sean Parker's Web 2.0 Summit Presentation
I agree with all the sentiment. Couple of points though. I didn't see a slide on Reed's law (the 2n formula which explains the exponential value growth in large networks - particularly ones with humans involved and which also explains the dominance of niche groups over lowest common denominator hits in a networked world).
Here's one of my more recent decks which includes the Reed's law explanations:
Also, you can make the case for Google being a people-powered connector all of its own - getting connections beyond the silo is what really counts (when one extra node on the network doubles its value) so search is still very very important in that regard - which I blogged about here.
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"The companies that harness the power of the networks will dominate the internet"
Regulars here will find that rings very familiar (hence my book, The Power of the Network).
Here's his deck (hat-tip to @msamayoa ) which has been sparking comments galore at Techcrunch
Sean Parker's Web 2.0 Summit Presentation
I agree with all the sentiment. Couple of points though. I didn't see a slide on Reed's law (the 2n formula which explains the exponential value growth in large networks - particularly ones with humans involved and which also explains the dominance of niche groups over lowest common denominator hits in a networked world).
Here's one of my more recent decks which includes the Reed's law explanations:
Also, you can make the case for Google being a people-powered connector all of its own - getting connections beyond the silo is what really counts (when one extra node on the network doubles its value) so search is still very very important in that regard - which I blogged about here.
Leave peer-to-peer interaction to the humans, please
I mentioned the word 'public domain' in a tweet at the weekend.This was the automated response I received:
I guess he thought I wanted a Domain?
No he didn't. His algorithm did. I'm sure HenryKhan (should he be a real live human being) could spot the difference - and avoid spamming me.
Doesn't that kind of illustrate the point about what's wrong with those who auto-message, auto-follow or auto-dm on twitter. Try as you might, you keyword matching and alogorithms are just no match for peer-to-peer humanity.
Give it up - leave it to us humans.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
The significance of Twitter in search
The fact that search (Google/Bing) is opening up to Twitter is very significant. Why? because group forming is all about opening up the silo.
Blogs have remained the least silo'd form of user publishing up until now. You don't have to be a member of 'blogger.com' to read this blog, find it's outpourings or (crucially) respond to it (me).
User-publishing = expression of our metadata.
Expression of our metadata = ways in which others who share the same issues/concerns/passions as us can find us. This is critical for group forming.
Remember each extra node on a network doubles its value.
So being able to find one more person expressing, through their metadata, the same stuff you are expressing means one extra node on your network - with the doubling of opportunity to solve your shared problem that (potentially) equates to.
The realtime nature of twitter amplifies the potential for action -and therefore value. (connecting with those who care enough about the same thing you do right now, enough to drop everything to help you fix it, has great value).
But Twitter is/was a silo. You had to be participating to find each other. But if search can fix that - the tweets escape the silo. You can attract even more connections because your metadata escapes the silo. More nodes can be added to more networks.
Search can add a lot of value still - something Facebook should pay a little attention. Use its internal search and you get the impression of getting a scant view of silos within silos within silos. So much metadata trapped - so many connections failing to be made.
Believe in open.
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Blogs have remained the least silo'd form of user publishing up until now. You don't have to be a member of 'blogger.com' to read this blog, find it's outpourings or (crucially) respond to it (me).
User-publishing = expression of our metadata.
Expression of our metadata = ways in which others who share the same issues/concerns/passions as us can find us. This is critical for group forming.
Remember each extra node on a network doubles its value.
So being able to find one more person expressing, through their metadata, the same stuff you are expressing means one extra node on your network - with the doubling of opportunity to solve your shared problem that (potentially) equates to.
The realtime nature of twitter amplifies the potential for action -and therefore value. (connecting with those who care enough about the same thing you do right now, enough to drop everything to help you fix it, has great value).
But Twitter is/was a silo. You had to be participating to find each other. But if search can fix that - the tweets escape the silo. You can attract even more connections because your metadata escapes the silo. More nodes can be added to more networks.
Search can add a lot of value still - something Facebook should pay a little attention. Use its internal search and you get the impression of getting a scant view of silos within silos within silos. So much metadata trapped - so many connections failing to be made.
Believe in open.
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