Wealth of Networks: Framing Questions

Chapter 10: In regards to communication in instant messaging and buddy lists, how has Googlechat and Facebook IM affected communication. Yes we can organize our Facebook lists into buddy lists which we can turn on and off but many people don’t go through all that effort. They’re fair game to any friends or acquaintances on Facebook.

Looking at alexa.com, which ranks web traffic, globally facebook.com is ranked #2, youtube.com is #3,  wikipedia.com is #7 and blogspot is #10. What does this say about how we’ve come to rely on these types of social sites as a society?

Will the title of “expert”‘s importance be diminished as people create things peer to peer or will experts and amateurs work together for the greater good?