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Time lauds user generated content
"Individual users have ascended to form the greatest influence on the world in 2006, said Time magazine as it declared "you" as its person of the year.
"User generated content represents a 'story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before,' the publication wrote in an editorial. The company cited Youtube, Myspace and Wikipedia as examples of the trend, but also open source projects and user reviews on Amazon."
To the once and future teaching certification candidate - to anyone who's been through an American public school - this is really quite scary. On a personal level I am so very tired of watching our culture celebrate mediocrity, and on a broader level I know that no society ever succeeds by pandering to the lowest common denominator.
"*Everyone* can be Super! And when everyone's Super... no one will be." ~The Incredibles
"Individual users have ascended to form the greatest influence on the world in 2006, said Time magazine as it declared "you" as its person of the year.
"User generated content represents a 'story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before,' the publication wrote in an editorial. The company cited Youtube, Myspace and Wikipedia as examples of the trend, but also open source projects and user reviews on Amazon."
To the once and future teaching certification candidate - to anyone who's been through an American public school - this is really quite scary. On a personal level I am so very tired of watching our culture celebrate mediocrity, and on a broader level I know that no society ever succeeds by pandering to the lowest common denominator.
"*Everyone* can be Super! And when everyone's Super... no one will be." ~The Incredibles