What news do you follow? How much of it is really news, and how much is noise?
I don't know what the answer is but I do know that the next really important battle now that information is closing in on free is how do you filter it? How do you get the really important stuff, and how do you distinguish it from the rubbish?
I think things like sharing quality items you find, and making it easy to give things ratings will help a lot. If you build a network of people whose opinions you value, and you read the things they have helped filter and filter yourself... you combine the millions of new writers out there with a million new editors.
But how many people use things like Google Reader, and share the items they find interesting?
If you do, please let me know. If you don't please do. Here is a site with my shared items.
3 comments:
I use google reader BUT I wouldn't exactly call the information I read useful. Mostly it's funny blogs, poems, something I found beautiful.
and do you share some?
If something is funny or beautiful... that is useful, no?
Yes, I definitely share it with my friends. And then of course they can choose whether they'd like to read it or not.
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