Wikinomics, not to be confused with Thuganomics (WWE’s John Cena), is a term used to describe information sharing. What do I mean by information sharing? The information sharing of anything, but it is shared through the internet. Examples of Wikinomics are WikiPedia, Pinterest, blogs, Facebook, MySpace, and the list goes on and on.
The whole point of information sharing across the internet, or the various sites listed above, so people can give feedback. People who view certain things will be able to give their own opinion, and they will be able to come up with their own assumptions as to whether a product is good or not. It is also ‘Mass Collaboration’. You have so many people commenting and reading about something that it is an online community.
Possibly the most used site for sharing is…..YouTube. YouTube is used for uploading videos to the world. Some people have their own shows on YouTube. Others use it to view videos in their spare time. I have a video discussing Wikinomics. Through my blog, and through the video, here are two ways Wikinomics is being used.
Another way Wikinomic is used is through social media. I mentioned Facebook and Myspace, but I almost forgot about one, Twitter. In the next video, you may notice it is from a popular show, the Celebrity Apprentice. In the episode, the celebrities are giving a presentation about a new Buick automobile. Not only are they presenting to a live audience, but it is being shown on Buick’s Twitter feed. The celebrities then take questions from people in the audience, as well as on Twitter. So information is not only being shared in person, but across the internet medium.
http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1389848
On my Facebook right now, at 11:18 pm, there is a video ESPN posted, and it has nearly 1,000 comments already. The mass collaboration gives us a forum to read and to comment on. These are the different tools we have at our disposal to make decisions on. That is what I take away after doing the reading.
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