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November 5th, 2009  Comments

Masses, Muted, New York City, NY
Masses, Muted, New York City, NY

Daniel Roth in Wired Magazine, The Answer Factory: Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell:

… To appreciate the impact Demand is poised to have on the Web, imagine a classroom where one kid raises his hand after every question and screams out the answer. He may not be smart or even right, but he makes it difficult to hear anybody else.

(link via Alan Patrick)

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By Taylor Davidson. Posted November 5th, 2009. Category: Photography   Comments

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    • My question is, once the internet is filled to brimming with cheep, terrible answers, will consumers get tired of it and start looking for better produced, more thoughtful pieces. Can social voting and quality intelligence be incorporated further into search so that the crap doesn't always float?
    • A topic we've discussed a little bit previously: http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/2009/07/0...

      In short: yes. Nuance will strike back, and I believe that injecting more "humanity" into the niches and content communities is how nuance will win.

      One way, for example: blogs and comment conversations with smart people :)
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