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By: Web Truths « In a Minute Ago

Web Truths « In a Minute Ago — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:13:25 +0000

[...] read Joshua Porter of Bokardo on Social Web Design and felt I had to point to this piece on A Fundamental Truth of the Web . Some folks want to create authoritative sources so that they don’t have to think about [...]

By: Darla Grediagin

Darla Grediagin — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:40:50 +0000

My fear with the social networking sites and librarians is that if librarians don’t become users of the Web 2.0 they will be seen as use to bes. I guess I don’t see my job as ‘being an expert’ but more as being a guide. In some cases, Wikipedia is the best source for someone. We just need to make sure they know that if there question isn’t answered there, a library can take them more indepth.

By: Margaret Henderson

Margaret Henderson — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:04:44 +0000

Thanks for the reply. And don’t worry, we all muddle.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:49:08 +0000

You’re right, Margaret. That was a dumb thing to say. I should have explained myself better.

What I meant was that when people talk, they don’t sound like a reference book, and they certainly aren’t as knowledgeable or as thorough as a librarian would be. Librarians are experts, and most people are muddlers.

Here I am muddling through this comment…

By: Margaret Henderson

Margaret Henderson — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:51:41 +0000

I think including Librarians in with the Associated Press and Encyclopedia is quite wrong. While we do consider the source of information and question how reliable it is, we do not censor information or withold it. Why do you think librarians via the American Library Association were fighting the Patriot Act? Why do you think the ALA has a banned books week? Just to name a couple of examples. We organize and find information, we don’t judge its worth.

By: inaminuteago - the blog » Web Truths

inaminuteago - the blog » Web Truths — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:30:19 +0000

[...] I regularly read Joshua Porter of Bokardo on Social Web Design and felt I had to point to this piece on A Fundamental Truth of the Web . Some folks want to create authoritative sources so that they don’t have to think about things…don’t have to consider the source and the context of life. Down with Wikipedia because it’s not authoritative! Down with Digg because it is gamed! Down with Google because of SPAM! Just give me the answer, dammit! But if you walk down Main Street, USA, and listen in on conversations what you hear is more like Wikipedia or Digg or Google than it is the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Associated Press, or a Librarian. These tools are the people’s tools, because they are built on the relationships of millions of people, not the expertise of a few. Most people aren’t experts, and most people don’t need no stinkin’ experts. [...]

By: Marius Popescu

Marius Popescu — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:06:51 +0000

> Is this an egalitarian pipe-dream? I don’t know.
> Perhaps it is, perhaps not.

Well, yeah, it could be. The important thing is to remember that

people are not right just because they are many -
Coluche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluche).

(maybe not perfectly phrased, translated from french)

By: Deep Jive Interests » Josh Porter, Living in a Magical Blogospheric Utopia. Pass Me The Mushrooms, Man!

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:47:42 +0000

[...] Josh Porter, Living in a Magical Blogospheric Utopia. Pass Me The Mushrooms, Man! November 6th, 2006 at 12:47 am by Tony Josh Porter, of Bokardo, comments on the pithy words of Tim Berners Lee, remarking about the fundamental truth of the web. But if you walk down Main Street, USA, and listen in on conversations what you hear is more like Wikipedia or Digg or Google than it is the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Associated Press, or a Librarian. These tools are the people’s tools, because they are built on the relationships of millions of people, not the expertise of a few. Most people aren’t experts, and most people don’t need no stinkin’ experts. [...]

By: Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » links for 2006-11-05

Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » links for 2006-11-05 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:11:19 +0000

[...] Bokardo - Social Web Design » A Fundamental Truth of the Web “But if you walk down Main Street, USA, and listen in on conversations what you hear is more like Wikipedia or Digg or Google than it is the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Associated Press, or a Librarian.” (tags: web2.0 social-media reputation) [...]