Comments on: Polymeme: Track the Blogosphere by (Unusual) Industry Clusters http://www.irfankamal.com/social-media/polymeme-track-the-blogosphere-by-unusual-industry-clusters/57 Digital innovation strategy and tactics - social media, new product/service launch, digital thinking and being unique Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:04:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: MalRonClainia http://www.irfankamal.com/social-media/polymeme-track-the-blogosphere-by-unusual-industry-clusters/57/comment-page-1#comment-6714 MalRonClainia Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:29:02 +0000 http://www.irfankamal.com/?p=57#comment-6714 The action taken to national disaster is great but it's a real shame that so many people take advantage of the negative situations. I mean everytime there is an earthquake, a flood, an oil spill - there's always a group of heartless people who rip off tax payers. This is in response to reading that 4 of Oprah Winfreys "angels" got busted ripping off the system. Shame on them! http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/19/crimesider/entry5251471.shtml The action taken to national disaster is great but it’s a real shame that so many people take advantage of the negative situations.

I mean everytime there is an earthquake, a flood, an oil spill - there’s always a group of heartless people who rip off tax payers.

This is in response to reading that 4 of Oprah Winfreys “angels” got busted ripping off the system. Shame on them!
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/19/crimesider/entry5251471.shtml

]]> By: Stan http://www.irfankamal.com/social-media/polymeme-track-the-blogosphere-by-unusual-industry-clusters/57/comment-page-1#comment-1089 Stan Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:18:30 +0000 http://www.irfankamal.com/?p=57#comment-1089 There is indeed a risk of Echo Chamber, as brilliantly argued by Kristof in his recent "Daily Me" Op-Ed: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/opinion/19kristof.html?_r=2&em However, this is probably the direction we're headed and you can't force people in this day and age to read what they're not really interested in. So polymeme is basically automating what people are already doing with their bookmarks, and lists of favorite news feeds. There is a silver lining though: there should be IMO a "serendpity factor" added to the mix, to "expose" readers to information they have not themselves selected or filtered out. Kinda like the genius function on iTunes, although more open to external recommendations. There is indeed a risk of Echo Chamber, as brilliantly argued by Kristof in his recent “Daily Me” Op-Ed: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/opinion/19kristof.html?_r=2&em

However, this is probably the direction we’re headed and you can’t force people in this day and age to read what they’re not really interested in. So polymeme is basically automating what people are already doing with their bookmarks, and lists of favorite news feeds. There is a silver lining though: there should be IMO a “serendpity factor” added to the mix, to “expose” readers to information they have not themselves selected or filtered out. Kinda like the genius function on iTunes, although more open to external recommendations.

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