Comments on: Clay Shirky TED Presentation: How Social Media Can Make History http://www.fridaytrafficreport.com/clay-shirky-ted-presentation-how-social-media-can-make-history/ Blog promotion, social marketing, and link building tips. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack@Lionel Toys http://www.fridaytrafficreport.com/clay-shirky-ted-presentation-how-social-media-can-make-history/comment-page-1/#comment-134992 Jack@Lionel Toys Thu, 13 May 2010 04:19:40 +0000 http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/?p=3195#comment-134992 I think your last statement is truly the greatest benefit we are seeing from social networking and media. The inability for tyranny to occur without being captured and rebroadcast in some form or another. Everything may not be 100% out the open yet. But it's getting there. I think your last statement is truly the greatest benefit we are seeing from social networking and media. The inability for tyranny to occur without being captured and rebroadcast in some form or another. Everything may not be 100% out the open yet. But it’s getting there.

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]]> By: Jonathan http://www.fridaytrafficreport.com/clay-shirky-ted-presentation-how-social-media-can-make-history/comment-page-1/#comment-85099 Jonathan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:08:42 +0000 http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/?p=3195#comment-85099 Jack ... TED never fails to please, but the idea that everyone is now a media source is only half true in my view. The 'crowd' is tribal and so individuals always want to know what others in the tribe think, and make decisions based on that collective experience. (e.g. The same reason that user reviews of digital cameras are so wide spread as a rough example.) No-one is truly interested in trusting the information or opinion of an completely unknown person or stranger. This is 'Herd think' and is also the power behind successful brands. People trust a brand that has proven to meet a certain standard, versus an unknown. Similarly, the crowd always still looks for a leader, and that leader can direct the thought of the many. (See Seth Godin's thesis "Tribes") Fortunately the force that runs counter to this 'mind control' is that it's becoming increasingly difficult for 'repressive regimes' to hide virtually anything. Jonathan Jack …

TED never fails to please, but the idea that everyone is now a media source is only half true in my view.

The ‘crowd’ is tribal and so individuals always want to know what others in the tribe think, and make decisions based on that collective experience. (e.g. The same reason that user reviews of digital cameras are so wide spread as a rough example.) No-one is truly interested in trusting the information or opinion of an completely unknown person or stranger.

This is ‘Herd think’ and is also the power behind successful brands. People trust a brand that has proven to meet a certain standard, versus an unknown.

Similarly, the crowd always still looks for a leader, and that leader can direct the thought of the many. (See Seth Godin’s thesis “Tribes”)

Fortunately the force that runs counter to this ‘mind control’ is that it’s becoming increasingly difficult for ‘repressive regimes’ to hide virtually anything.

Jonathan

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