Just read Collective Apathy and the Internet and Yvain’s comment about examples when it (‘the internet’) work in coordinating group action. Apparently sometimes it does and it may depend on a few things like critical mass, attention span, identity, emotionality.
Let’s try a poll.
I think that the internet works starts to work when...
...critical mass of community is [pollid:1142]
...effect is visible [pollid:1143]
How relevant do you think are the following effects for the success
Interesting/new [pollid:1144]
Outrageous [pollid:1145]
Differing from standard norms [pollid:1146]
Sad [pollid:1147]
Very beneficial for larger cause [pollid:1148]
What are your ideas? When does the internet work at coordination and when doesn’t it?
“Within a minute” is a bit off; it needs to be long enough that somebody has to keep coming back to see, but short enough that they don’t get bored waiting. More than a minute, less than ten.
Just read Collective Apathy and the Internet and Yvain’s comment about examples when it (‘the internet’) work in coordinating group action. Apparently sometimes it does and it may depend on a few things like critical mass, attention span, identity, emotionality.
Let’s try a poll.
I think that the internet works starts to work when...
...critical mass of community is [pollid:1142]
...effect is visible [pollid:1143]
How relevant do you think are the following effects for the success
Interesting/new [pollid:1144]
Outrageous [pollid:1145]
Differing from standard norms [pollid:1146]
Sad [pollid:1147]
Very beneficial for larger cause [pollid:1148]
What are your ideas? When does the internet work at coordination and when doesn’t it?
“Within a minute” is a bit off; it needs to be long enough that somebody has to keep coming back to see, but short enough that they don’t get bored waiting. More than a minute, less than ten.