http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/07/memo-to-lee-some-books-suck-too/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/07/memo-to-lee-some-books-suck-too/#comment-101494 Digg — worthless, or just misunderstood? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:42:53 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=342#comment-101494 [...] Jason says that the Digg community is “rotting from the inside out,” and that “the sheer level of superiority, sarcasm, and general negativity is overwhelming.” As with many other critics of the Digg model, or social media in general — including Nick Carr and Andrew Keen, as well as newcomers Andy Rutledge, who I’ve written about here, and Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal, who I’ve written about here — the argument is that the wisdom of crowds doesn’t exist. The problem with the whole concept of taking advantage of the “wisdom of crowds” is that crowds have no wisdom. Microsoft Windows is an example of an operating system written using the wisdom of crowds… and don’t get me started on the majority of large open-source efforts. [...] [...] Jason says that the Digg community is “rotting from the inside out,” and that “the sheer level of superiority, sarcasm, and general negativity is overwhelming.” As with many other critics of the Digg model, or social media in general — including Nick Carr and Andrew Keen, as well as newcomers Andy Rutledge, who I’ve written about here, and Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal, who I’ve written about here — the argument is that the wisdom of crowds doesn’t exist. The problem with the whole concept of taking advantage of the “wisdom of crowds” is that crowds have no wisdom. Microsoft Windows is an example of an operating system written using the wisdom of crowds… and don’t get me started on the majority of large open-source efforts. [...]

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/07/memo-to-lee-some-books-suck-too/#comment-12861 Mathew Ingram Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:23:44 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=342#comment-12861 Thanks for the comment, Anne. I totally agree. Thanks for the comment, Anne. I totally agree.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/07/memo-to-lee-some-books-suck-too/#comment-12845 Anne Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:31:04 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=342#comment-12845 I got a couple paragraphs into Gomes' column this morning and just quit reading. It's so ridiculous, this idea that traditional media produces only works of art and "user-generated content" always sucks. I got a couple paragraphs into Gomes’ column this morning and just quit reading. It’s so ridiculous, this idea that traditional media produces only works of art and “user-generated content” always sucks.

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]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/06/07/memo-to-lee-some-books-suck-too/#comment-99330 mathewingram.com/media Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=342#comment-99330 <!--%kramer-pre%--> As with many other critics of the Digg model, or social media in general — including Nick Carr and Andrew Keen, as well as newcomers Andy Rutledge, who I’ve written about here, and Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal, who I’ve written about here — the argument is that the wisdom of crowds doesn’t exist. The problem with the whole concept of taking advantage of the “wisdom of crowds” is that crowds have no wisdom. Microsoft Windows is an example of an operating system written using the<!--%kramer-post%--> As with many other critics of the Digg model, or social media in general — including Nick Carr and Andrew Keen, as well as newcomers Andy Rutledge, who I’ve written about here, and Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal, who I’ve written about here — the argument is that the wisdom of crowds doesn’t exist. The problem with the whole concept of taking advantage of the “wisdom of crowds” is that crowds have no wisdom. Microsoft Windows is an example of an operating system written using the

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