Comments on: Trashy Viral: Spreading Ideas That Don’t Matter

By: A.J. Pape

A.J. Pape — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:39:02 +0000

There may be little marginal value in a comment that just says “good point,” but, I like how you captured this aspect:

“And the blog and mainstream media love a controversial story that looks scientific, calls out something beloved, and has no concrete conclusions.”

New to your work, following you now, looking forward to learning together.

A.J.

By: Mark Drapeau

Mark Drapeau — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:11 +0000

Now *this* is a social media study that is worthwhile, rigorous, and thought-provoking (just as a timely comparison): http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/08/will_the_real_myspace_users_pl.html

By: Justin Herman

Justin Herman — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:59:30 +0000

Re: How do we get people to spread ideas that matter?

Call out BS when you see it. Its the only way.

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:53:49 +0000

So what’s the answer to the problem? How do we get people to spread ideas that matter?

By: Mark Drapeau

Mark Drapeau — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:44:27 +0000

Chris, absolutely. A major reason I don’t currently write for Mashable anymore is that they are focused on the 12 posts a day get the news out fastest for the most hits possible style of “journalism”, which can often come at the expense of quality thinking and writing.