Comments on: A Word to the Wise About Noise http://www.suzemuse.com/2009/01/a-word-to-the-wise-about-noise/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Danny Brown http://www.suzemuse.com/2009/01/a-word-to-the-wise-about-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Danny Brown Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:47:39 +0000 http://suzemuse.netfirms.com/?p=1398#comment-597 Great post Suze and great comment by Joe that I agree with 100%. Sure, we all want to share and be shared, but there's a distinct line between pointless noise and value. Today is case in point. I'm proud that there seems to be an air of change with Obama's inauguration - God know the world needs it. Yet thousands of feeds mentioning the same thing? Repeatedly? There's something missing there, no? <abbr><em>Danny Brown’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DannyBrown/~3/FT1NHOSrf8Q/" rel="nofollow">Communication + Unity = Community</a></abbr></em> Great post Suze and great comment by Joe that I agree with 100%. Sure, we all want to share and be shared, but there’s a distinct line between pointless noise and value.

Today is case in point. I’m proud that there seems to be an air of change with Obama’s inauguration – God know the world needs it.

Yet thousands of feeds mentioning the same thing? Repeatedly? There’s something missing there, no?

Danny Brown’s last blog post..Communication + Unity = Community

]]> By: Joe Boughner http://www.suzemuse.com/2009/01/a-word-to-the-wise-about-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Joe Boughner Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:05:19 +0000 http://suzemuse.netfirms.com/?p=1398#comment-598 What I find interesting is how much of the noise you speak of is actually just an echo. I find that, contrary to what some might suggest, the bigger an event the more homogenous the associated noise is. The plane crash in New York last week is a good example. People raved about the amount of twitter traffic about it but what did most say? OMG - A plane just crashed in the river in NYC! Did you see the plane crash? Holy man, a plane just crashed in NYC! And of course, multiple links to CNN or MSNBC. It's where I think most live tweeters miss the boat. I'm sure many thousands (millions?) of people will be live tweeting or live blogging the Obamafest today but how many will add anything of value? Insightful commentary takes reflection so people fall back to a recitation of events or pithy comments about the banal. Once you realize this, it becomes a lot easier to pull away from the cacophony. <abbr><em>Joe Boughner’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.joeboughner.ca/2009/01/16/meanwhile-over-in-the-9-5/" rel="nofollow">Meanwhile, over in the 9-5…</a></abbr></em> What I find interesting is how much of the noise you speak of is actually just an echo.

I find that, contrary to what some might suggest, the bigger an event the more homogenous the associated noise is.

The plane crash in New York last week is a good example. People raved about the amount of twitter traffic about it but what did most say?

OMG – A plane just crashed in the river in NYC!
Did you see the plane crash?
Holy man, a plane just crashed in NYC!

And of course, multiple links to CNN or MSNBC.

It’s where I think most live tweeters miss the boat. I’m sure many thousands (millions?) of people will be live tweeting or live blogging the Obamafest today but how many will add anything of value? Insightful commentary takes reflection so people fall back to a recitation of events or pithy comments about the banal.

Once you realize this, it becomes a lot easier to pull away from the cacophony.

Joe Boughner’s last blog post..Meanwhile, over in the 9-5…

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