Comments on: Crowd wisdom, some assembly required http://ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/ Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: links for 2007-05-30 « David Black http://ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/comment-page-1/#comment-6319 links for 2007-05-30 « David Black Wed, 30 May 2007 01:26:39 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/#comment-6319 [...] Invisible Inkling » Crowd wisdom, some assembly required “User-generated advertising content should be amateurish. That’s the whole idea… Now let me put on my news hat: User-generated news content must be edited. “ (tags: internet ugc advertising news participatory journalism citizenmedia crowdsourcing) [...] [...] Invisible Inkling » Crowd wisdom, some assembly required “User-generated advertising content should be amateurish. That’s the whole idea… Now let me put on my news hat: User-generated news content must be edited. “ (tags: internet ugc advertising news participatory journalism citizenmedia crowdsourcing) [...]

]]> By: Bud Caddell http://ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/comment-page-1/#comment-6317 Bud Caddell Tue, 29 May 2007 17:47:04 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/#comment-6317 Ya know, I read the article and I thought, "wow, so youtube is fillin' up with videos about Heinz ketchup, a pretty boring and old brand, and all of these weird creative people are having to think in completely new ways about said boring old brand which in turn will make me and other people like me think about that boring old brand in a new way..." If all Heinz was looking for was a cost savings, then they didn't get it from the get go. Ya know, I read the article and I thought, “wow, so youtube is fillin’ up with videos about Heinz ketchup, a pretty boring and old brand, and all of these weird creative people are having to think in completely new ways about said boring old brand which in turn will make me and other people like me think about that boring old brand in a new way…”

If all Heinz was looking for was a cost savings, then they didn’t get it from the get go.

]]> By: Chris http://ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/comment-page-1/#comment-6307 Chris Mon, 28 May 2007 08:57:16 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/#comment-6307 I've been trying to figure this out with a new community news site I'm helping build at the moment. About the time a guy posted a photo of his acupunctured foot through our flickr feed, we started thinking, "Maybe we should moderate this a bit." The central question we keep asking is: What content needs to be controlled, and what doesn't. And yes, I realize I haven't said what this site is. More on that later. I’ve been trying to figure this out with a new community news site I’m helping build at the moment. About the time a guy posted a photo of his acupunctured foot through our flickr feed, we started thinking, “Maybe we should moderate this a bit.”

The central question we keep asking is: What content needs to be controlled, and what doesn’t.

And yes, I realize I haven’t said what this site is. More on that later.

]]> By: News flash: There’s no free lunch » mathewingram.com/media http://ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/comment-page-1/#comment-6306 News flash: There’s no free lunch » mathewingram.com/media Mon, 28 May 2007 02:52:54 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/#comment-6306 [...] a commenter said on Ryan Sholin’s blog, this definitely falls under the heading of “Free Lunch — [...] [...] a commenter said on Ryan Sholin’s blog, this definitely falls under the heading of “Free Lunch — [...]

]]> By: News flash: There’s no free lunch » mathewingram.com/work http://ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/comment-page-1/#comment-6305 News flash: There’s no free lunch » mathewingram.com/work Mon, 28 May 2007 02:36:15 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/#comment-6305 [...] a commenter said on Ryan Sholin’s blog, this definitely falls under the heading of “Free Lunch — [...] [...] a commenter said on Ryan Sholin’s blog, this definitely falls under the heading of “Free Lunch — [...]

]]> By: Bryan Murley http://ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/comment-page-1/#comment-6304 Bryan Murley Sun, 27 May 2007 22:48:49 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/05/27/crowd-wisdom-some-assembly-required/#comment-6304 Hmm. Can I sum up this entire episode? "There's no such thing as a free lunch." Wow. Who'd have thought it. Actually, when I first saw the NYT article, I didn't even bother to read it. Why? Sounds like it was sourced from a Madison Ave. PR company looking to maintain their client list. Honestly, did anyone *really* think mining UCG wouldn't take work? I think your final point is spot on - use the "wisdom of crowds" (I'm beginning to hate that term) to weed out the real nuggets of wisdom. Hmm. Can I sum up this entire episode? “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Wow. Who’d have thought it. Actually, when I first saw the NYT article, I didn’t even bother to read it. Why? Sounds like it was sourced from a Madison Ave. PR company looking to maintain their client list. Honestly, did anyone *really* think mining UCG wouldn’t take work?

I think your final point is spot on – use the “wisdom of crowds” (I’m beginning to hate that term) to weed out the real nuggets of wisdom.

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