Crowdsourcing the comics
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andrewduckerOver here David Weinberger effectively asks what the difference is between LOLCats and things like Family Circus (and other single panel comic strips).
And I think that's interesting because what he's really pointing out is how much easier it's got to produce something and get it out there to a few people, or a few hundred people, or a few thousand people, or if you're really lucky, a few million people.
But the massive hitters aren't the important bit.
The important bit, to me, is when you have lots of people all producing something they thought was cool, and managing to find a few others that feel the same way about it. It's encouraging the niches to grow, so that I don't have to learn to like what you like, I can communicate with the 73 other people around the planet that like the things I like instead.
And I think that's interesting because what he's really pointing out is how much easier it's got to produce something and get it out there to a few people, or a few hundred people, or a few thousand people, or if you're really lucky, a few million people.
But the massive hitters aren't the important bit.
The important bit, to me, is when you have lots of people all producing something they thought was cool, and managing to find a few others that feel the same way about it. It's encouraging the niches to grow, so that I don't have to learn to like what you like, I can communicate with the 73 other people around the planet that like the things I like instead.
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Date: 2008-06-03 12:03 pm (UTC)They did that! Dysfunctional Family Circus! Then the real Jeffy found out, chuckled at it for 20 minutes, and then realised he had to get his lawyers onto it.