Wisdom Of Communities

by Derek Powazek on Feb 19, 2009

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Webstock 2009, New Zealand, Thursday 19th Feb....

Webstock 2009, New Zealand, Thursday 19th Feb.

The Wisdom of Crowds is an economic principle (Google "James Surowiecki") that proves groups can be wise when acting in concert. So why are the comments on your site so stupid?

In this talk, Derek will explore how this principle can be applied to online communities to make us all more wise (or at least less dumb).

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Wisdom Of Communities — Presentation Transcript

Wisdom of Communities Derek Powazek James Surowiecki is a genius.

Elements of Wise Crowds Diversity Independence Decentralization Aggregation

Bringing WOC Online Small, Simple Tasks Large Diverse Groups Design for Selﬁshness Result Aggregation

Small Simple Tasks

hotornot.com

threadless.com/submission/197749

newsassignment.net

Large Diverse Groups

Design for Selﬁshness

google.com/search?q=apple

ﬂickr.com/photos/tags/apple/clusters

Result Aggregation

favrd.com

This is where I plug Fray.com

Real Life

The Heisenberg Problem

ﬂickr.com/explore/interesting/2009/02/17

ﬂickr.com/explore/interesting/7days

threadless.com/submission/197131

io9.com/5148604

Popularity Does Not Have to Rule

Trolls

Identifying Trolls Repeated Disruptions Steering Conversation Server Logs

Stopping Trolls Silent Treatment Disable Puppets Timeouts

Seeing Things

Wisdom Of Communities

by Derek Powazek on Feb 19, 2009

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