Comments on: Gauravonomics TV Episode 3: Three Reasons Why I Am Passionate About Social Media http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/gauravonomics-tv-episode-3-three-reasons-why-i-am-passionate-about-social-media/ Social Technologies + Social Change Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gaurav Mishra http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/gauravonomics-tv-episode-3-three-reasons-why-i-am-passionate-about-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-7445 Gaurav Mishra Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:32:51 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1135#comment-7445 @Harshil: Your post deserves a full post in response, but here are three aspects of social media you have overlooked -- - Wisdom of crowds: The more people link to/ vote on/ tag/ share a piece of content, the more visible it becomes. So, every click does count. - The Value of Mashups: There is as much value in creating connections between existing pieces of content, mashing them up, as in creating totally original content. - Personalized News Feeds: Since you can't read/ watch all the content available in the world, you learn to read/ watch only what is truly relevant to you. As a result, instead of superficial "awareness", you build deep "knowledge". @Harshil: Your post deserves a full post in response, but here are three aspects of social media you have overlooked –

- Wisdom of crowds: The more people link to/ vote on/ tag/ share a piece of content, the more visible it becomes. So, every click does count.

- The Value of Mashups: There is as much value in creating connections between existing pieces of content, mashing them up, as in creating totally original content.

- Personalized News Feeds: Since you can’t read/ watch all the content available in the world, you learn to read/ watch only what is truly relevant to you. As a result, instead of superficial “awareness”, you build deep “knowledge”.

]]> By: Harshil Karia http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/gauravonomics-tv-episode-3-three-reasons-why-i-am-passionate-about-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-7416 Harshil Karia Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:32:58 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1135#comment-7416 Im fascinated by the idea of proliferation of media 'power' - going from the hands of the few into the hands of the many. In terms of a media eco - system, social media works beautifully. The added benefit of tools to enhance communication and aptly organise content for purposes beyond what we can imagine is great. With respect to brands - social media actually allows the brand to be a friend and add some value beyond a message that annoys people. The downside is too much of junk - a natural human tendency - and from a strictly utilitarian 'i think about the greater good' pov - people are re creating too much of stuff that's already been created without too much value add. Social media is making a lot of us into poor listeners. Check out this post - http://theconstantobserver.blogspot.com/2008/07/theres-already-more-than-we-can-read-so.html (my rant [i think] on social media) Im fascinated by the idea of proliferation of media ‘power’ – going from the hands of the few into the hands of the many. In terms of a media eco – system, social media works beautifully. The added benefit of tools to enhance communication and aptly organise content for purposes beyond what we can imagine is great. With respect to brands – social media actually allows the brand to be a friend and add some value beyond a message that annoys people.

The downside is too much of junk – a natural human tendency – and from a strictly utilitarian ‘i think about the greater good’ pov – people are re creating too much of stuff that’s already been created without too much value add. Social media is making a lot of us into poor listeners.

Check out this post – http://theconstantobserver.blogspot.com/2008/07/theres-already-more-than-we-can-read-so.html (my rant [i think] on social media)

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