Comments on: The editorial ochlocracy http://socialuxe.com/2006/11/the-editorial-ochlocracy/ A publication about social media, culture and consumerism by Eston Bond in the heart of Silicon Valley. Tue, 04 May 2010 23:13:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Pluralists, pioneers and poseurs at hyalineskies http://socialuxe.com/2006/11/the-editorial-ochlocracy/#comment-11774 Pluralists, pioneers and poseurs at hyalineskies Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:01:09 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/11/the-editorial-ochlocracy/#comment-11774 [...] as to what they wish to consume without being heavily influenced by a mass medium. However, the ochlocracy that occurs in the ways that we find social content simply shifts the authority to a different social group at [...] [...] as to what they wish to consume without being heavily influenced by a mass medium. However, the ochlocracy that occurs in the ways that we find social content simply shifts the authority to a different social group at [...]

]]> By: Josh http://socialuxe.com/2006/11/the-editorial-ochlocracy/#comment-2465 Josh Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:38:53 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/11/the-editorial-ochlocracy/#comment-2465 “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” - Thomas Jefferson “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”
- Thomas Jefferson

]]> By: Andy Rutledge http://socialuxe.com/2006/11/the-editorial-ochlocracy/#comment-2441 Andy Rutledge Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:55:41 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/11/the-editorial-ochlocracy/#comment-2441 Good article. Indeed there is a tyranny of the majority with many of the popular "news" sites. This is why any one outlet can only augment, not supplant, anyone's news consumption. The effect of this sort of popularity-based system is that the most sensational item, irrespective of its validity or quality, gets in the way of the most intelligent and valuable item. This is never a good thing. Good article. Indeed there is a tyranny of the majority with many of the popular “news” sites. This is why any one outlet can only augment, not supplant, anyone’s news consumption.

The effect of this sort of popularity-based system is that the most sensational item, irrespective of its validity or quality, gets in the way of the most intelligent and valuable item. This is never a good thing.

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