Perhaps the greatest threat of this increasingly social web is not how it will be sustained; talks of pricing, advertising, business models like everyone specul

Perhaps the greatest threat of this increasingly social web is not how it will be sustained; talks of pricing, advertising, business models like everyone speculates, maybe the greatest threat to the social web is the ability to spark a wildfire of misinformation when one (seemingly) credible source flubs a story. Realistically, here's your evidence. People read a blog, and it spreads like a wildfire. The social web has in essence, taught us how to forget the most ancient, yet still relevant quote about information: "It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought, without fully accepting it". Checking your "sources" doesn't mean finding another website that simply says the same thing.