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POPSInternet warfare team unveiled #Twitter #socialmedia This kind of knowledge warfare was pioneered by the Russians and must now be used extensively by all governments. As Clipper abailart says: "One wonders whether it is worth it since the sort of chattering 'politico' twits who bounce soundbites off each other seven days a week are fortunately hermetically sealed in their own collective fantasies." However, the manipulation of statistics as Trending Topics which muddies the water. Unfortunately, open also means open to abuse. I wonder if it means that those of us who want open discussion (and meaningful inferences from the flow) will need to do it in closed groups?
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POPSHOW RELEVANT IS TWITTER? Beyond relevance is significance. Twitter produces data which is almost impossible to interpret from the content after the fact, simply because there is too much of it, and its "granuality" is too small. It is, however, possible (indeed unavoidable) to infer significance from this data: e.g. waxing and waning group concerns (which can then in turn be analysed using # words, or by types of sources, etc.) It is the stats themselves which are the object of inquiry, as such, they are "self signifying". Types of content can be treated as indicators which can be counted, the results of which are simply another (meta?) level of information which consciousness can use in its sense making quest. See also - Against Interpretation 2.0
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POPSClay Shirky on Helping People Find You Here is another example of content conceived of as signifier, rather than the container of right or wrong interpretations. Of course, once you ask the questions, you see the answers everywhere. That is why it is important to ask new questions.
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POPSNewsTrendz Here we have the beginning of the world of almost free marketing and image monitoring serving the new people's media. Note the self-signifying nature of the data. Importance or concern is self-selecting. Also note the Google Ads at the end of the clip.
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POPSTwitter Search to make broader sweeps Something significant is happening everyday. I found this out from an Ed Goldstein retweet of a Clip on Amplify. The self-signifying collaborative consciousness is at its baby-talk stage. Soon some form of grammar will have to evolve if any sense is to be made of the torrents of data.
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