A Little Something About Noise Controls
A little something about Noise Controls in the age of global social technology in this debate between Scoble and Kevin Rose :
+Kevin Rose - Yesterday 9:58 PM (edited Yesterday 10:00 PM) - Public My [last] response to +Robert Scoble.
---Robert, I agree w/you in that duplicate content left ungrouped can cause users to get frustrated if any one topic dominates their reading experience -- if this was lacking from Google News, Techmeme, etc., it would be a nightmare. That said, this issue only occurs when multiple users post the same story. Thus, the more users you're following, the bigger the potential issue. I'm following 345 people on Twitter (people I actually know) and 137 people on G+. For me I see the occasional duplicate story, no biggie. You're following 32,306 people on Twitter and 4,270 on G+. Obviously as you browse your circles, lists, groups, whatever, you're going to get a lot more duplicate content.My point: I see your problem, but you use these social services a lot differently than most, you're an edge case. That's not a bad thing, it's what makes you, you. I just believe Google has bigger fish to fry right now (think business pages) before getting to your duplicate content issue.PS. The using the internet thing was a joke, kinda..
Robert Scoble originally shared this post: My reply to +Kevin Rose He told me "Dude, you're using the internet wrong. You can't follow 4,000+ people and not expect to get duplicate content. Would, eventually, grouping similar stories make sense...sure. You have to realize that you're an edge case. This reminds me of when you got pissed at twitter for not being able to follow more than X thousand people (25?). I love ya Scoble, but you can't demand features that only apply to a few." In a post over here: https://plus.google.com/110318982509514011806/posts/Reuegm3LGVp I quite enjoy being told by Kevin Rose that I'm doing the Internet wrong. I think there should be a Foursquare badge for that!But, Kevin, here's some facts you might not consider:1. I'm studying and talking with a large number of people, most of whom are NOT Internet edge cases. 2. I have several accounts, so I can study this from different points of view.3. I have several circles with fewer than 100 people in them, including circles of family, friends, coworkers, Venture Capitalists/Investors (you're in that one) etc.In EVERY CASE there is the kind of noise I talked about this morning. EVERY SINGLE ONE.Do you need me to pull out my video camera and show you?My wife got so fed up with various types of noise that she called me an Internet asshole and went back to Facebook. Believe me, I've seen this from many points of view.But, to take you directly on. Yes, I am an edge case.I was the first person to follow 1,000 people over on Twitter. You might forget that, but I haven't. Many people wrote me the same bulls**t that you did back then. They said I was an edge case and hitting problems that no one else in human history ever will hit.They were wrong. You are wrong in the same way now.Today millions follow more than 1,000 over on Twitter and Facebook. Tomorrow the rest of you will catch up and see the noise problems I'm seeing on Google+. Oh, and you are using the Internet wrong too. :-)
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