Comments on: The Danger of Rapid Information Flow http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/ Fri, 25 May 2012 04:31:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nomadicalloy http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58150 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:52:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/19/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58150 we are getting more efficient and we need to get used to faster information flow.

]]> By: Mike Gunderloy http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58149 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:18:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/19/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58149 Yes, I agree – flame wars have been with us for ages (literally – I think one can make an argument for some of the Greek classics falling into that category). What’s changing, I believe, is the speed with which the feedback loops that bring about the flame wars can be set up, and the reach that those loops have. A thousand bloggers reading a casual statement within ten minutes can have quicker consequences than a hundred people seeing the same statement on a listserve overnight.

]]> By: John B http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58148 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:26:32 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/19/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58148 I think it comes down to what my parents used to tell me, and the rest of the family: “Think before you speak” If you think before your twitter/blog/whatever, you’ll both look smarter and end up in a lot less hot water.

]]> By: MLO http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58147 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:04:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/19/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58147 I’m just amazed at the surprise people are showing at the behaviors being displayed. I’m from the old GOPHER days, and my husband is pre-GOPHER in his adoption of network technology. We’ve been much slower to adopt Web2.0 – but we know a lot of the early adopters and no small number of pundits.

Flame Wars happen. Shoot, an old-school email list I’m on just had the moderator moderate for the first time in almost 3 years. Even when folks thought I was a man, I got death threats in chat rooms and on Usenet. I rarely took it seriously. If I did take it seriously I contacted the sysadmin, and, if necessary, the appropriate authorities.

It is part and parcel of human nature. People have always gossiped, caroused, accused, and even fought with threats. It is the group as a whole that decides whether that is going to be tolerated. Now, the level of response this time is just encouraging those who want the attention. My perception – and I’m not alone – is that this all comes across as a publicity stunt, even the Kathy Sierra thing.

I have many friends who are reporters and other public figures. They think the idea of never getting a threat rather novel. If you put yourself out there, you will attract the loonier fringe of society eventually. It is an unfortunate side effect of being a public figure. Creating a blog makes you a public figure.

Pax,

MLO

]]> By: COD http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58146 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:23:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/19/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58146 You missed one. PC Magazine, reacting to an off-the-cuff Twitter comment that few would have known about otherwise, questioned its own journalistic integrity by implying it would make editorial decisions based on the reading habits of individual PR professionals.

]]> By: Merrick http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58145 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:33:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/19/the-danger-of-rapid-information-flow/#comment-58145 One thing will never change about the way we communicate, no matter the degree of technology available, and that is that we are still human. And Humans are prone to bouts of bitterness, second-guessing, jealousy, and more. There will always be flame wars, as sad as that is to say. As web workers, we just have to make sure to not be assholes, to use as much grammatically correct and polite language as we can, and set the good example.

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