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By: Digg — worthless, or just misunderstood? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:42:53 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:23:44 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Anne. I totally agree.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:31:04 +0000

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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WebProNews - Breaking eBusiness News — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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

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mathewingram.com/media — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

As with many other critics of the Digg model, or social media in general â€” including Nick Carr and Andrew Keen, as well as newcomers Andy Rutledge, who Iâ€™ve written about here, and Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal, who Iâ€™ve written about here â€” the argument is that the wisdom of crowds doesnâ€™t exist. The problem with the whole concept of taking advantage of the â€œwisdom of crowdsâ€ is that crowds have no wisdom. Microsoft Windows is an example of an operating system written using the