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Which is why the question to Peter was 'good for whom'. When social networks become the dominant control for organizing information, finding facts will become even harder. The current brouhaha in the American culture wars over intelligent design is emblematic of the process of power seeking over fact seeking. In the process, the Americans are destroying their educational and scientific foundations for competition. Watching the web replicate this process in the name of 'democratization' is almost absurdist (as in the theatre of the absurd). "all of your dreams, and not just the good ones..." len From: Didier PH Martin [mailto:martind@n...] Alan said: Currently, their is a fuss in the blogosphere about "A-List" bloggers. They're saying that the "A-List" bloggers ought to introduce newer bloggers to their readership. The latest class of bloggers are finding that the early adopters are entrenched. This is preceeding a revolution where ranking and relevence are determined by individuals, not algorithms. Didier replies: Another good point; Yes indeed human are adaptive animals and they found the trick to be ranked well in Google. Anything based on social interaction is subject to social manipulations. The more we see social networks embedded into the web the more we will see people organizing themselves to manipulate it. Very good point Alan.
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