http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/02/02/wisdom-of-the-crowds-is-there-such-a-thing/ Snarking the Web since 2004. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/02/02/wisdom-of-the-crowds-is-there-such-a-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-23441 Jack Of All Blogs → Blog Archive » Blogging and the Angry Mob Mentality Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:44:00 +0000 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/02/02/wisdom-of-the-crowds-is-there-such-a-thing/#comment-23441 [...] The blogosphere exists for people to have a voice and to express themselves. But where there are people—more especially groups of people—there will inevitably be mass stupidity. [...] [...] The blogosphere exists for people to have a voice and to express themselves. But where there are people—more especially groups of people—there will inevitably be mass stupidity. [...]

]]> http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/02/02/wisdom-of-the-crowds-is-there-such-a-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-10972 What’s Wrong With The Echo Chamber? » Jack Of All Blogs Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:40:58 +0000 http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/02/02/wisdom-of-the-crowds-is-there-such-a-thing/#comment-10972 [...] I’ve said before that the wisdom of crowds may not exactly be wise. That’s (mostly) because of the tipping point. The crowd can be influenced! But then again, in the blogosphere, the wisdom of the crowds is in numbers. Technorati says so. The more people write about a topic, the hotter it gets on Technorati’s popularity charts. [...] [...] I’ve said before that the wisdom of crowds may not exactly be wise. That’s (mostly) because of the tipping point. The crowd can be influenced! But then again, in the blogosphere, the wisdom of the crowds is in numbers. Technorati says so. The more people write about a topic, the hotter it gets on Technorati’s popularity charts. [...]

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