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Web 2.0 – Yahoo! Answers | blog till you drop! — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:34:42 +0000

[...] concept is interesting however Yahoo! focussed on quantity rather then quality. It can be useful to answer questions such as who sings that really cool tune that’s on the radio [...]

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Web 2.0 - Yahoo! Answers « Let’s blog! — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:09:06 +0000

[...] The concept is interesting however Yahoo! focussed on quantity rather then quality. It can be useful to answer questions such as who sings that really cool tune that’s on the radio all the time, or the name of a movie. [...]

By: newmw

newmw — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:09:02 +0000

That last remark hits the spot! I often use the example of an average GPS system in the case of incorrect information. How many times have people been sent in the wrong direction, and some people still trust them blindfolded?
We have a saying in the Netherlands: If one sheep is over the damn, the rest will follow.

And indeed, that quality filter should be applied. But also on a personal level, every person is still unique and you can like something that a whole lot of people don’t like. Quality is also personal taste (if you’re looking at the diggs etc). Wow… I could type on and on about this But thanks for your views!

By: Elly

Elly — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:25:26 +0000

My biggest gripe is quality related – that there is so much information that is wrong, misleading, out of date and is propagated and maintained via the web. Plus, I don’t think people always apply a ‘quality filter’ themselves to actually check if information *is* correct before passing it on.

If you repeat incorrect information 50 times, it is still incorrect…

By: newmw

newmw — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:53:24 +0000

Very true about the debate not being new. And I agree with your views. We do need both quality and quantity. I read this article: http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2005/nt-2005-08-22-quality-content.htm from Gerry mcGovern, that actually says that at first you can have success with a website solely based on quantity, but to keep the attention quality is always required.

Interesting stuff to discuss. Although maybe quantity does seem the basis for websuccess, with the addition of quality coming 2nd.

By: SRi

SRi — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:29:32 +0000

well, this quality vs quantity debate is not new. it has always been there and alway be… the only point being, after the web 2.0 explosion, blogs, user communities, personal video sites, etc are all offered free. and people dont mind getting an account to keep track of their life

and there is nothing wrong in quantity. if the web didnt have so much quantity (lets agree, all of it isnt quality stuff) it would not have been such a big thing. there are thousands of blogs that make for some good timepass, and there are a few hundred that are really useful.. like i said, we need both quality and quantity

By: Laurence-Hélène

Laurence-Hélène — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:58:05 +0000

I particularly enjoyed reading this blog and I do have to concur. I’ll post something soon on so called online communities (myspace etc)

Back to the point! I think web 2 is fantastic, however the amount of junk one can find on the net nowadays is amazing! Blogging is allowing millions of people to freely express themselves. Blue-chips are certainly interested in the contents of blogs and it’ll be interesting to see how this data will be analysed and utilised in the future. It’s particularly interesting for me as my job primarily focuses on understanding consumers… Watch this space.