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By: The Societal Web » Searching in the Societal Web

The Societal Web » Searching in the Societal Web — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:16:14 +0000

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By: The Societal Web » Social Media - Adolescence and the gathering storm

The Societal Web » Social Media - Adolescence and the gathering storm — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:06:26 +0000

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By: JulieWilliams

JulieWilliams — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:38:49 +0000

I doubt if the individual consciously cares how their following has increased, as long at it has grown, because the goal has been achieved. Unknowing to the Individual who are wooed by the big numbers the how (volumes/wisdom) becomes less important to everyone. Using the 80/20 rule would suggest that:

(80% recognition, 20% invitation) = 'Celebrity' status
(20% recognition, 80% invitation) = 'Not yet established'

To determine "if those with a big following have gathered them through the volume of their invitations, or the quiet recognition of their wisdom" is to measure the flow of push/pull.

By: William Buist

William Buist — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:31:16 +0000

These are great comments, thank you Julie. I certainly agree that
there can appear to be a correlation between ego and volume.

One challenge is to determine if those with a big following have
gathered them through the volume of their invitations, or the quiet
recognition of their wisdom.

On 10 Mar 2009, at 23:03, "Disqus"

By: JulieWilliams

JulieWilliams — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:02:34 +0000

Its not uncommon that people to gravitate to those who shout the loudest. I also think Ego plays a big part, especially in the case of current financial crisis climate where aggressive lending habits was the norm, the 'quieter voices' as were generally not the ones calling the shots so to speak.

I also agree that "we need to be careful not to dismiss those who say things quietly to small audiences". This is evident in the current 'Social Networking' wave where specific types of (products/services) of those with the biggest followers are perceived as experts, whilst those with smaller followers are not; in this situation quantity or quality takes over, this makes me question the value of what the person is actually offering and whether the person really cares about the crowd that they accumulate.

The worst case scenario is where we fail to set some standards and boundaries in the attempt to avoid repeating the patterns of the dot.com era. There are some reputable online businesses and people that I rave about and trust, and then there are some that I know very little about and there are those that do not interest me at all. Just because its the web, it doesn't give people the authority to go and sell something.

Without boundaries the web is an 'open marketplace' changing all the time at an incredible pace, on one hand people collaborating to make it better, and on the other people existing, its where the ones who merely exist are fine with the 'circus' of all things that we would never of looked twice if we had to physical leave our seat and actually walk down the road and make a purchase, or made an appointment to visit 1:1

No, not all of the biggest crowd pullers are not necessary the best, its important to keep an open mind and not be drawn in by the bells & whistle.

By: WilliamBuist (William Buist)

WilliamBuist (William Buist) — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

The Societal Web: Thinking big and speaking small http://bit.ly/1BHQYY

By: WilliamBuist (William Buist)

WilliamBuist (William Buist) — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

The Societal Web: Thinking big and speaking small http://bit.ly/1BHQYY