Comments on: “If the news is important, it will find me” http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Twitter time management « Pursuing the Complete Community Connection http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-3/#comment-377445 Twitter time management « Pursuing the Complete Community Connection Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:39:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-377445 [...] I would read it on Romenesko as well as pieces that never make Romenesko. You remember that famous nameless college student who told the New York Times the important news would find her? Twitter is how the important [...] [...] I would read it on Romenesko as well as pieces that never make Romenesko. You remember that famous nameless college student who told the New York Times the important news would find her? Twitter is how the important [...]

]]> By: ??????????? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-3/#comment-377101 ??????????? Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:16:41 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-377101 Sorry, I am not from the USA, perhaps it means I don't have the background to understand completely, but from what you say I understand that creating a network of relationships spares you the pain of seeking your own sources of information (news or knowledge, i think the distinction is irrelevant). This tends to promote a passive way of getting informed, and is therefore very dangerous : what I get from my network is not necessarily traceable, nor true (factually... as far as this word as any meaning). In that way of behaving towards information, I delegate the checking for relevance to others, who delegate it to others, who... This means I am even more vulnerable to gossips, hoaxes, or simply mistakes or misunderstood pieces of information. It is the dream of advertisers and public relation people.<br><br>Saying if info is important it'll find me is just like saying when i'm really hungry somebody will appear and give me a sandwich. It can be true if you have some good friends "watching your back" <a href="http://uihihl.emenace.com/sitemap.html" rel="nofollow">prostitutka</a>, but if it does not happen in time it is deadly, and it is not reliable.<br><br>I take it just as a mistake in the sense of the implication. Passing to your network information that you think is important does not mean that you will receive the important information when you need it (the importance being relative to each node of the network). Believing so is just letting your network decide on what sould be important to you. This makes you vulnerable to manipulation. Sorry, I am not from the USA, perhaps it means I don't have the background to understand completely, but from what you say I understand that creating a network of relationships spares you the pain of seeking your own sources of information (news or knowledge, i think the distinction is irrelevant). This tends to promote a passive way of getting informed, and is therefore very dangerous : what I get from my network is not necessarily traceable, nor true (factually… as far as this word as any meaning). In that way of behaving towards information, I delegate the checking for relevance to others, who delegate it to others, who… This means I am even more vulnerable to gossips, hoaxes, or simply mistakes or misunderstood pieces of information. It is the dream of advertisers and public relation people.

Saying if info is important it'll find me is just like saying when i'm really hungry somebody will appear and give me a sandwich. It can be true if you have some good friends “watching your back” prostitutka, but if it does not happen in time it is deadly, and it is not reliable.

I take it just as a mistake in the sense of the implication. Passing to your network information that you think is important does not mean that you will receive the important information when you need it (the importance being relative to each node of the network). Believing so is just letting your network decide on what sould be important to you. This makes you vulnerable to manipulation.

]]> By: ??????????? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-3/#comment-377099 ??????????? Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:13:09 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-377099 actually these homes wont find they people actually these homes wont find they people

]]> By: ??????????? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-3/#comment-377098 ??????????? Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:11:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-377098 . I think that sums up, in ten simple words, what has happened to the way that many people . I think that sums up, in ten simple words, what has happened to the way that many people

]]> By: prostitutka http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-3/#comment-377097 prostitutka Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:09:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-377097 Think about that for a second — or longer, if necessary. I think that sums up, in ten simple words, what has happened to the way that many people (and not just young people, but those who use RSS readers and blogs and social networks as well) consume the news (Mark Cuban seems to think so too). Not only is there just so much of it out there that it’s virtually impossible to consume it all, but the very fact that someone you know — or trust — has passed on or blogged or Twittered or posted a link makes it more likely that you will read it. Think about that for a second — or longer, if necessary. I think that sums up, in ten simple words, what has happened to the way that many people (and not just young people, but those who use RSS readers and blogs and social networks as well) consume the news (Mark Cuban seems to think so too). Not only is there just so much of it out there that it’s virtually impossible to consume it all, but the very fact that someone you know — or trust — has passed on or blogged or Twittered or posted a link makes it more likely that you will read it.

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