Comments on: Clay Shirky on Change.gov and Crowd Wisdom http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/02/09/clay-shirky-on-changegov-and-crowd-wisdom/ Experiments in Civic Sensemaking Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:56:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/02/09/clay-shirky-on-changegov-and-crowd-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-955 Tim Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=86#comment-955 Manual trackback: This blog post was quoted in PublicAgenda's paper "Promising Practices in Online Engagement" (<a href="http://www.publicagenda.org/files/pdf/PA_CAPE_Paper3_Promising_Mech2.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF download</a>). Manual trackback:

This blog post was quoted in PublicAgenda’s paper “Promising Practices in Online Engagement” (PDF download).

]]> By: Tim http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/02/09/clay-shirky-on-changegov-and-crowd-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Tim Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:50:36 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=86#comment-663 No, not a typo. I did mean Surowiecki's book (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds" rel="nofollow">The Wisdom of Crowds</a>). The examples I remember reading all refer to how crowd wisdom is applied to factual issues, not value statements. No, not a typo. I did mean Surowiecki’s book (The Wisdom of Crowds). The examples I remember reading all refer to how crowd wisdom is applied to factual issues, not value statements.

]]> By: Stephen Buckley http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/02/09/clay-shirky-on-changegov-and-crowd-wisdom/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Stephen Buckley Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:35:38 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=86#comment-662 Tim --- Is this a typo? You say "I don’t remember any examples in Surowiecki’s book .." I think you meant to say "Shirky". Not a big deal, but it threw me off for a minute when I read it. I agree that, just like in face-to-face meetings, the online format needs to favor moderation, not immoderation. In other words, there has to be a mechanism built into the format that makes it easy to moderate those people who are immoderate, i.e., those who want to direct the discussion in a way that favors their preconceptions. Tim — Is this a typo? You say “I don’t remember any examples in Surowiecki’s book ..”

I think you meant to say “Shirky”. Not a big deal, but it threw me off for a minute when I read it.

I agree that, just like in face-to-face meetings, the online format needs to favor moderation, not immoderation.

In other words, there has to be a mechanism built into the format that makes it easy to moderate those people who are immoderate, i.e., those who want to direct the discussion in a way that favors their preconceptions.

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