June 12, 2003
more mobile thoughts
from an email i sent this morning:
"and this is a fight ive been having with kurt. he is a big fan of anyone being able to produce content, while i am not ready to allow everyone that ability. its shocking. but i think once every single person has the ability to "post" (in our system we are writing), the "real" content becomes harder to filter out. and therein lies the key. kurt hasnt yet started talking about how to arrange, sort and navigate the data he gathers. and without that really solid part, i think its going to turn into a soupy mess. when he realizes that he needs good tools and makes them, then ill get on board."
i dont mind everyone having a voice. i worry though that this presents a new set of problems. like finding the worthwhile content by shifting through all the worthless 'spam'. and finding opinions that differ from yours.
i get accused of this and ive read it as well - its so easy to surround yourself with only the opinions of those you agree with. there is so much content these days, you can wrap yourself into any belief or world you want and never be exposed to those whose opinion differs with yours.
so how do we keep this from happening in this system as well?
