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weiterführende links! auf john perry barlow of grateful dead, sehr guter text, hab ich ausgedruckt und pam samuelson über clinton gesetzidee für strikteres copyright, weniger aktuell aber worth a read, ausgedruckt too
rww on crowds sind nicht so wise, weil immer nur 1% poweruser vs. 99% lurkers (denkfehler: die poweruser sind halt auch die, die zum jew. thema was wissen)
In the following post we look at the data and find out who has the most reciprocal conversations on Twitter with 10 geek heroes - from the founders of big sites like Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon to nonprofit geeks working to challenge injustices. There's something a little uncomfortable about being able to see this information. Fact is, though, it's part of the nature of this powerful new system of communication. We expect that data parsing like this is only the beginning.
hackr on Umair Haque, theses: social web is bad: "On the demand side, relationship inflation creates beauty contest effects, where, just as every judge votes for the contestant they think the others will like the best, people transmit what they think others want. On the supply side, relationship inflation creates popularity contest effects, where people (and artists) strive for immediate, visceral attention-grabs — instead of making awesome stuff."
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