As Clay Shirky mentioned, internet really is a new way for us to publish and express our ideas and concerns just like the south Korea’s demonstration was a serious issues and people explore their concern through the internet caused many young teenage girls to get involved a serious political issue. People now gather information more quickly and able to watch the news worldwide. It also developed many new industry to make life easier than few hundreds years ago. The example of “PickupPal” was a really effective way for those who has been struggling with transportation to their work, school or others. Social network has really provided enough information quickly and although its a virtual world, it solves real world problem. Of course that increase in quantity reduces the quality of work itself but it also provide more wildly alternative for people with various interest. There’re still many good things to read and study on the internet as long as people put tome efforts on search. I really like then Clay Shirky mentioned that ” Diversity expands the range of the possible, and the best work becomes better than what went before.” 51 This is true as a fact. The social network became a tool that people created event to change the way “public conversation unfolded and found they had the opportunity to do so”. The chapter three “Motive” has provided many evidences about that people put a lot of effort on what interested to them. People do things they love not asking for anything reward. Many Facebook users love it and it is the key for them to success. Facebook’s network effect comes froms user itself. No one asked them to do it and they do it without pay. just like the “Josh Groban Foundation” People put their effort and time just for loving it.
I agree with the quote that you used because with more people, there is a diverse knowledge on certain topics. Others may pose certain arguments or provide you with information that can interest you and it doesn’t necessarily have to be from a professional or an expert. Even though works can be from amateurs, it can still be a good piece of work that can attract many readers.
I agree with your post. Now a days everything is done through the internet. We are able to communicate to one another and find out things that use to be a barrier to us, like locality. I wrote about the same thing about how people are willingly giving out information online. How all Facebook users give out their information and love it. What we have of the web today is all created because of the effort people put into it.