Comments on: Mumbai, The BBC, and Why Immediacy Isn’t All That http://pistachioconsulting.com/mumbai-the-bbc-and-why-immediacy-isnt-all-that/ Micro sharing. Macro results. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Where were you http://pistachioconsulting.com/mumbai-the-bbc-and-why-immediacy-isnt-all-that/comment-page-1/#comment-17906 WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Where were you Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:57:59 +0000 http://pistachioconsulting.com/mumbai-the-bbc-and-why-immediacy-isnt-all-that/#comment-17906 [...] For the last 3, I was on Twitter. And as it turns out, so were the BBC. [...] [...] For the last 3, I was on Twitter. And as it turns out, so were the BBC. [...]

]]> By: Jim Benson http://pistachioconsulting.com/mumbai-the-bbc-and-why-immediacy-isnt-all-that/comment-page-1/#comment-17688 Jim Benson Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:01:21 +0000 http://pistachioconsulting.com/mumbai-the-bbc-and-why-immediacy-isnt-all-that/#comment-17688 Ilene, I agree. The democratization of data will make it messy. There will always be dirty information to expunge and success will likely be mostly due to luck. Either we let through some bad information or filter out some good. Ilene,

I agree. The democratization of data will make it messy. There will always be dirty information to expunge and success will likely be mostly due to luck. Either we let through some bad information or filter out some good.

]]> By: ilene http://pistachioconsulting.com/mumbai-the-bbc-and-why-immediacy-isnt-all-that/comment-page-1/#comment-17687 ilene Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:38:56 +0000 http://pistachioconsulting.com/mumbai-the-bbc-and-why-immediacy-isnt-all-that/#comment-17687 I've actually been discussing this with a presenter at the BBC recently. There are a lot of pitfalls to be avoided - especially if they're linking back to a stream of unconfirmed comments. I think that every time there is a major event we will discover more of these pitfalls... and I'm not sure that even the best system could ever make it 100% reliable as a source of information. It will be interesting to see how things develop over time and how Twitter (and others) will respond to the new uses their services are being used for. I’ve actually been discussing this with a presenter at the BBC recently. There are a lot of pitfalls to be avoided – especially if they’re linking back to a stream of unconfirmed comments.

I think that every time there is a major event we will discover more of these pitfalls… and I’m not sure that even the best system could ever make it 100% reliable as a source of information. It will be interesting to see how things develop over time and how Twitter (and others) will respond to the new uses their services are being used for.

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