Talk:Digital Media and Culture Yearbook 2014/Chapter 4: Cognitive Surplus

You suggest that Clay Shirky has come up with this concept. Ok - citation??? GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 14:59, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

HI, I've noticed you mention Lanier and I think what he says really applies to what we have been writing about in our Examples and Applications section. We've discovered that indeed the collective can be brilliant, people working in collaboration and towards the same aim allows for amazing accomplishments. So far, we have only discussed the collective being 'stupid' in an example where crowdsourcing was used to hunt for the potential Boston Marathon Bombings suspects and lead to false accusations from the online community. I'm wondering whether you plan to write about any other negative examples that we could collaborate on or discuss in relation to crowdsourcing? Rkmraf (discuss • contribs) 20:53, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, I am also from the Crowdsourcing group and was wondering if it'd be alright with everyone that add a link to here from our page. It goes really well with our material and I think we could both draw on each other's info to make stronger pages. Cheers! KylieMott (discuss • contribs) 08:39, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Rkmraf, I'm not sure if we have anymore negative examples, but I'm sure we could look for some then collaborate with you! Everything links together anyway, so I'm sure we will be able to discuss it in relation to crowdsourcing. LittleLauraBeaton (discuss • contribs) 08:59, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I figure that Cognitive Surplus concerns, by and large, the creative (thus positive) contributions from people since it's the constructive use of time, as you have said, to create value. This is why there seems to be very little negativity surrounding the topic. I have read that this is one of the criticisms of Shirky's book however. Of particular interest was this short response to The New York Times review of the book: 'Bad Things Could Happen', it may be worth exploring the bad or the not-so-great side of Cognitive Surplus on the Internet. Hope you find it somewhat interesting! Rkmraf (discuss • contribs) 18:10, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Kylie, yes that would be absolutely fine to add a link, it's a great idea! LittleLauraBeaton (discuss • contribs) 09:01, 2 April 2014 (UTC)