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Maybe people don’t really want UGC

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

The vision of social media as a vast, harmonious collective that both generates and consumes “user-generated content” is mostly a straw man set up by Web 2.0 critics so they can demolish it (yes, I’m looking at you, Nick Carr), but there’s ... Continue reading »

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  • If UGC is posed only as "creative" work - your point is definitely worth making.

    Of course, there is more to the "wisdom of crowds thing" or the "wikinomics thing" than just a bunch of backyard wrasslers seeking Specialness as described in Hal Niedzviecki's last book.

    That sounds like supply without demand. I think that's what a lot of the long tail is, at least in digital content. Unsuccessful artists who now have a cool web 2.0 excuse for wasting their time can talk about that whole tail thing :)

    However, where the individual's contribution amounts to valuable *information* that can be shared and tapped into by others, then it becomes powerful.

    It's out there. We'll find it. :)

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