"The Wisdom of Crowds"- Advice Columnist vs The Crowd
When faced with a major decision, I usually confide in family members or close friends. However, it definitely depends on the situation. I usually ask a few people that could possibly relate to my scenario. Asking for advice from a few people tends to give me various outlooks on the situation and a better idea on how to solve the problem. I wouldn't trust the advice from an advice columnist. I think it is important for someone to know an individual personally, in order to come to an accurate consensus. However, I would trust the advice from the crowd more than an advice columnist. I don’t doubt the experience or intelligence of advice columnists; I just don’t see how one person can be educated on all different aspects of life. It has been said that experts often think they know often more than they actually know. Expertise and accuracy are not necessarily related, so it would be unreasonable for me to base an important decision on a stranger who has the potential to lack truth. Regarding relationships, it is impossible for the website, sidetaker.com, to become aware of the complete story of a scenario and therefore lacks accuracy. People have different experiences and intelligence levels. With that said, a solution to a problem is best done by taking advice from a large, diverse, crowd.
Monday, September 29, 2008
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Blog #1 The Truth and Knowledge of Crowds
“The Wisdom of Crowds”- Crowdsourcing
Successful crowdsourcing focuses on a diverse group of people from all different ages, races, genders, and interests. Crowdsourcing should also target people that have different intelligence levels. If the site’s technology or wording is too advanced, than people will be less willing to use that particular site. I don’t use sites with crowdsourcing often. After researching the chosen sites, I think zazzle.com did the best job in effective crowdsourcing. The site permits you to buy, create and sell different articles of clothing and other accessories that target different interests. It can range anywhere from politics to animated cartoons. The website also focuses on different genders and ages. Zazzle.com permits you to get ideas from other people to then create something of your own. The site lists what their consumers see as the “best” or “well-known” items. This is a very effective tool for crowdsourcing. After researching this site, I wouldn’t hesitate to use a site with crowdsourcing because it is clearly extremely easy to use and targets a large amount of diverse people.
Successful crowdsourcing focuses on a diverse group of people from all different ages, races, genders, and interests. Crowdsourcing should also target people that have different intelligence levels. If the site’s technology or wording is too advanced, than people will be less willing to use that particular site. I don’t use sites with crowdsourcing often. After researching the chosen sites, I think zazzle.com did the best job in effective crowdsourcing. The site permits you to buy, create and sell different articles of clothing and other accessories that target different interests. It can range anywhere from politics to animated cartoons. The website also focuses on different genders and ages. Zazzle.com permits you to get ideas from other people to then create something of your own. The site lists what their consumers see as the “best” or “well-known” items. This is a very effective tool for crowdsourcing. After researching this site, I wouldn’t hesitate to use a site with crowdsourcing because it is clearly extremely easy to use and targets a large amount of diverse people.
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