Chris Baskind - Latest Comments in There Is No Authority In Social Media

Re: There Is No Authority In Social Media

Ed Richardson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:44:55 -0000

Good post Chris, just shared the article as I think it illustrates all that is good and bad with "social media".

There's a natural propensity to follow trends on the likes of Twitter, following only those with Social Media in their profile for example. Don't; take a moment to read their last 10-20 posts and get a feel of the value they maybe adding to you as an individual and then decide whether to follow or not.

I am currently writing a post on a not dissimilar matter, but its good to remind to us all to reap the real value from what I think is a very powerful facility when used effectively.

Cheers!

Re: There Is No Authority In Social Media

Janette Toral — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:05:58 -0000

I agree with you that measurement of authority shouldn't be based on number of followers alone. It is something that can't be measured by any tool as there is hardly a single criteria used for adding folks we want to follow. There are different reasons behind it. Great post! (submitted to SU)

Re: There Is No Authority In Social Media

Dave Bonta — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:59:46 -0000

Great post. And the kind of information that is often most authoritative on Twitter or other microblog networks comes from eyewitnesses, who may have very few followers. My tweets, for example, are the most authoritative source for news of Plummer's Hollow. :) A tweet about Gaza from someone actually there on the scene is worth a thousand tweets from outside bloviators. A search service that could somehow figure that out would be pure gold.

Re: There Is No Authority In Social Media

Chris Baskind — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:10:34 -0000

I certainly agree with the premise of your article. There are two kinds of people pushing the idea of social media authority: those most likely to benefit from the various metrics being bandied about, and social media shills who need numbers to distort.

Re: There Is No Authority In Social Media

litmanlive — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:30:44 -0000

Chris,

Brilliant article. Definitely agree with you that online - there is no definite authority and follower numbers doesn't automatically mean you're an authority figure either.

Interested in your thoughts on the following article.

http://bit.ly/2E2gdu

Best,

Re: There Is No Authority In Social Media

Jim Burch — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:56:14 -0000

How 'bout some new school, polylithic methods, like linked peer reviews & references alongside explanations for laypeople?