tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376280.post112196484842219179..comments2024-03-28T03:16:54.616-04:00Comments on The Corsair: The Corsairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804543581141264145noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376280.post-1122040800769255182005-07-22T10:00:00.000-04:002005-07-22T10:00:00.000-04:00What's interesting about all this is the potential...What's interesting about all this is the potential end result. Gore is neither early nor late. CBS ditto. The real question is 'why' do people make content, and what do they want to do with it once they've made it. <BR/><BR/>What most maintream media thinkers assume is that people want 'fame' which equates to mass audience. So that would mean that if i had some great video, i'd rather send it to CBS than say a blog. But alot of what's happening in the peer production world says that may not be the case. It may be that people want to connect with other people - to share thier ideas and build realtionships. If that's what's driving user-content, then user-content will be drawn to spaces that respect their work, and give them a community to participate in. <BR/><BR/>That will make scale a liability rather than an assett, since a rock concert with 20,000 in a ampitheatre is far less fun than a small hall with 1,200. For Current - the challange is to connect with a small passionate community of change oriented young viewers, who have historically opted out of TV in favor of web, im, sms, and other 'small media' community tools. <BR/><BR/>But - it's fun to see the energy around user-content beginging to bubble up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com