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A bit too soon for "wisdom of crowds" to kick in? I'd say give it a few weeks and we'd know. Agree about the hype. But we're a generation of sub-second attenti

A bit too soon for "wisdom of crowds" to kick in? I'd say give it a few weeks and we'd know. Agree about the hype. But we're a generation of sub-second attention spans and instant gratification.We're hype-prone. And come on - one of the world's largest technology companies has launched their version of the most used tool in these days - it's bound to generate excitement. I'm guessing it'll simmer down in a few days. And everything (of any note) will have a cult following as well as a cult anti-following!

froo 18y ago
Agreed about people being hype prone, look at the comments system on Digg. It doesn't particularly matter if your comment on any submitted story is as insightful as the rest, just as long as your among the first to comment your almost guaranteed to get boosted high and to reap the associated benefits with it. It doesn't seem to be limited to any particular "group" of people either. The same thing happens here on HN aswell to a smaller extent & I fully expect to get modded down to all heck because of this comparison. To me, wisdom of the crowds is abit of a misnomer, as once there is an original "acceptance" by a small group of people, the web 2.0 echo chamber kicks in. This kind of effect is not just limited to social news sites either, the exact same thing happens with blogs aswell - eg, a story might appear on Techcrunch, and then 1000 "me too" posts will pop up around the place.
- stcredzero 18y ago
  It's not only blogs. The traditional media suffers from it as well. If there is significant hype with traction, everyone wants to hitch their wagon to it. I saw a documentary about Charlie Chaplin. This was happening to him back in his day. This has probably been going on since we've had culture.
  - froo 18y ago
    This has probably been going on since we've had culture. You know, I just had a weird connection when you mentioned that - I'm reminded of one of the early scenes to 2001: A Space Odyssey... The "dawn of man" scene. Link posted below for reference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2XcPNSeUMQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2XcPNSeUMQ One ape wakes up and notices the monolith, starts to make a little noise. This in turn wakes up the rest of the apes and they start to make more noise, their tribe is running quite wild. Eventually one starts to try and interact with the object, soon more follow and learn from it. If you think about it, this is pretty much the essence of web 2.0
    - Herring 18y ago
      It's even affecting delicious though to a lesser extent. The links there are much higher quality & something that caliber probably would show up anyway. http://delicious.com/ http://delicious.com/ (half the links were chrome related)
      - froo 18y ago
        I'd be curious to see if there was a way to measure this effect with any kind of certainty. Must ponder this some.

froo 18y ago

Agreed about people being hype prone, look at the comments system on Digg. It doesn't particularly matter if your comment on any submitted story is as insightful as the rest, just as long as your among the first to comment your almost guaranteed to get boosted high and to reap the associated benefits with it. It doesn't seem to be limited to any particular "group" of people either. The same thing happens here on HN aswell to a smaller extent & I fully expect to get modded down to all heck because of this comparison. To me, wisdom of the crowds is abit of a misnomer, as once there is an original "acceptance" by a small group of people, the web 2.0 echo chamber kicks in. This kind of effect is not just limited to social news sites either, the exact same thing happens with blogs aswell - eg, a story might appear on Techcrunch, and then 1000 "me too" posts will pop up around the place.

stcredzero 18y ago
It's not only blogs. The traditional media suffers from it as well. If there is significant hype with traction, everyone wants to hitch their wagon to it. I saw a documentary about Charlie Chaplin. This was happening to him back in his day. This has probably been going on since we've had culture.
- froo 18y ago
  This has probably been going on since we've had culture. You know, I just had a weird connection when you mentioned that - I'm reminded of one of the early scenes to 2001: A Space Odyssey... The "dawn of man" scene. Link posted below for reference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2XcPNSeUMQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2XcPNSeUMQ One ape wakes up and notices the monolith, starts to make a little noise. This in turn wakes up the rest of the apes and they start to make more noise, their tribe is running quite wild. Eventually one starts to try and interact with the object, soon more follow and learn from it. If you think about it, this is pretty much the essence of web 2.0
  - Herring 18y ago
    It's even affecting delicious though to a lesser extent. The links there are much higher quality & something that caliber probably would show up anyway. http://delicious.com/ http://delicious.com/ (half the links were chrome related)
    - froo 18y ago
      I'd be curious to see if there was a way to measure this effect with any kind of certainty. Must ponder this some.