Comments on: Wisdom Of The Crowd Or Idiocy Of The Crowd?

By: mattsingley (matt singley)

mattsingley (matt singley) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:35:50 +0000

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@davefleet ..."funnel people into valuable action..." YES! I try to share that same idea with companies constantly. Tough to achieve often.

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By: Glen Turpin

Glen Turpin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:37:22 +0000

In some cases, the crowds aren’t even crowds, as seen in this story about a Time poll. (Time denies it was hacked, by the way.)

http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/inside-the-precision-hack/

By: kitson (Josh Weinberger)

kitson (Josh Weinberger) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:37 +0000

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RT @rgbroitman Interesting: "Wisdom Of The Crowd Or Idiocy Of The Crowd? davefleet.com" [link to post]

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By: Daniel Patricio

Daniel Patricio — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:09:59 +0000

Wired ran a great article recently that talked about how some of the bigger blogs manage trolls and the different opinions.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-04/st_thompson

Definitely something worth looking at because I think the potential is great but also the comment box tends to attract the most fanatical and irrational, especially in political discussions.

By: vegasbab (B)

vegasbab (B) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:49:46 +0000

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Wisdom of The Crowd Or Joke Of The Crowd? [link to post] (via @BethHarte) <-- it's all about managing expectations

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By: Beth Harte

Beth Harte — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:14:51 +0000

Dave, an insightful post this AM! I tend to agree with Purves, especially if a company wants action that is measureable against a plan.

For the Online Media Boot Camp we offered three free tickets and had strict guidelines around winning. The main reason was because if we didn’t we thought a popularity contest might erupt and that’s not what we wanted. If we were a larger conference, crowd souring free ticket winners could have been a fiasco. In this case, it went smoothly, was fun and I believe we ended up with three very worthy ticket winners.

That said, I think there will always be cases where companies would want unfettered crowdsourcing. But, that should be determined when planning (so the consequences are understood).

By: tweetfeeds (Tweet Feeds)

tweetfeeds (Tweet Feeds) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:13:34 +0000

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By: Mack Collier

Mack Collier — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:09:02 +0000

Good post and thoughts, Dave. I think the key is, empowering the people that have a vested interest in the initiative that they are participating in. Asking ‘everyone’ to help with a company-specific initiative, for example, isn’t as beneficial as asking your customers and evangelists, that are more familiar with it and what you want to accomplish, etc.

But I agree with you, some thinking should be given to putting parameters in place so that results can be more valuable.