Comments on: Democratization of Information http://saurabhgarg.com/internet/democratization-of-information/ Opinions on Technology, Media/Entertainment, Businessess and the elusive New New Thing. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: s4ur4bh http://saurabhgarg.com/internet/democratization-of-information/#comment-344 s4ur4bh Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:43:09 +0000 http://saurabhgarg.com/thoughts/?p=78#comment-344 @Sonal couldn't agree more. It does help break the "expert monotony". @Sampad I dont think credibility plays a large role. I am no Scoble/Godin but I can still get people like you and Sonal to comment and ignite a discussion. Yes it is desired to have a credibility but even without credibility you can get audience. On audience size, the beauty of web is that you can find audience if you want to. I can publish this same article on a larger forum like pluggdin, still larger like techcrunch (obvisouly I am assuming that I will be able to publish there) And in the end, web allows you to become Credible and attract Larger Audience. Great points though. Also, a part of your query is answered by @sonal's comment also. Thanks, SG @Sonal couldn’t agree more. It does help break the “expert monotony”.

@Sampad I dont think credibility plays a large role. I am no Scoble/Godin but I can still get people like you and Sonal to comment and ignite a discussion.

Yes it is desired to have a credibility but even without credibility you can get audience.

On audience size, the beauty of web is that you can find audience if you want to. I can publish this same article on a larger forum like pluggdin, still larger like techcrunch (obvisouly I am assuming that I will be able to publish there)

And in the end, web allows you to become Credible and attract Larger Audience. Great points though.

Also, a part of your query is answered by @sonal’s comment also.

Thanks,
SG

]]> By: Sampad Swain http://saurabhgarg.com/internet/democratization-of-information/#comment-343 Sampad Swain Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:33:15 +0000 http://saurabhgarg.com/thoughts/?p=78#comment-343 It is true..can't deny it but wanted to add something more to your post w.r.t. these lines: "....The beauty of the medium is that the response is immediate. You will know in an instant if your idea holds merit and if it excites more people...". Now the point I want to raise here is two-fold- One is CREDIBILITY and the other is AUDIENCE SIZE. By credibility I mean, if you are Seth Godin/Robert Scoble then responses are high and you can judge your idea's meritocracy and the other is size which also gives you chance to comprehend how great is your idea even though quality may lack...I hope I made sense here! Still not a bad thoughts..Nw would like ur thoughts on these lines..Pls Saurabh! Cheers! It is true..can’t deny it but wanted to add something more to your post w.r.t. these lines: “….The beauty of the medium is that the response is immediate. You will know in an instant if your idea holds merit and if it excites more people…”. Now the point I want to raise here is two-fold- One is CREDIBILITY and the other is AUDIENCE SIZE. By credibility I mean, if you are Seth Godin/Robert Scoble then responses are high and you can judge your idea’s meritocracy and the other is size which also gives you chance to comprehend how great is your idea even though quality may lack…I hope I made sense here!

Still not a bad thoughts..Nw would like ur thoughts on these lines..Pls Saurabh!

Cheers!

]]> By: sonaljhuj http://saurabhgarg.com/internet/democratization-of-information/#comment-342 sonaljhuj Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:17:18 +0000 http://saurabhgarg.com/thoughts/?p=78#comment-342 I was just thinking this over in my head too. I think that the biggest change that democratization of information brings is the breakdown of the 'expert'. A paper on breakthrough social media thinking can be trashed in seconds by students, stay-at-home moms, simply because they are receiving all the information that you are. So then, what happens to experts if everyone can become one. Adding your own two cents is what will help you differentiate. It's not about what you know, but what you can do with what you know. I was just thinking this over in my head too.

I think that the biggest change that democratization of information brings is the breakdown of the ‘expert’. A paper on breakthrough social media thinking can be trashed in seconds by students, stay-at-home moms, simply because they are receiving all the information that you are.

So then, what happens to experts if everyone can become one. Adding your own two cents is what will help you differentiate.

It’s not about what you know, but what you can do with what you know.

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