Comments on: Collective Intelligence or Groupthink? http://www.joandimicco.com/blog/2007/01/06/collective-intelligence-or-groupthink/ A blog by Joan Morris DiMicco discussing social software and group collaboration Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:11:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Collab-Or-Ate » Blog Archive » Facebook Conspiracy Theories http://www.joandimicco.com/blog/2007/01/06/collective-intelligence-or-groupthink/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Collab-Or-Ate » Blog Archive » Facebook Conspiracy Theories Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:15:58 +0000 http://www.joandimicco.com/blog/2007/01/06/collective-intelligence-or-groupthink/#comment-365 [...] My personal opinion is No. Although, see my previous post on the potential evil that can come out of Web 2.0. [...] [...] My personal opinion is No. Although, see my previous post on the potential evil that can come out of Web 2.0. [...]

]]> By: Jim Morris http://www.joandimicco.com/blog/2007/01/06/collective-intelligence-or-groupthink/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Jim Morris Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:09:26 +0000 http://www.joandimicco.com/blog/2007/01/06/collective-intelligence-or-groupthink/#comment-301 He has a good point and makes me realize that the internet remains the province of idealistic, socially consious people. Most of the mass movements I've seen, e.g. Wikipedia, have been positive. I suppose jihadist recruiting is the recent bad thing. Since the internet, unlike broadcast media, encourages diverse, many to many communication, maybe it won't naturally engender mass movements. He has a good point and makes me realize that the internet remains the province of idealistic, socially consious people. Most of the mass movements I’ve seen, e.g. Wikipedia, have been positive. I suppose jihadist recruiting is the recent bad thing.

Since the internet, unlike broadcast media, encourages diverse, many to many communication, maybe it won’t naturally engender mass movements.

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