Comments on: We’ve Got Algorithms. Who Needs Editors? http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/07/14/with-algorithms-who-needs-editors/ Tracking the Transformation of Business Media Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Worried that Robot Journalists Will Replace You? Say "I" | B2B Memes http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/07/14/with-algorithms-who-needs-editors/comment-page-1/#comment-4341 Worried that Robot Journalists Will Replace You? Say "I" | B2B Memes Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:09:07 +0000 http://www.b2bmemes.com/?p=1137#comment-4341 [...] are not going away. After a flurry of attention last year, we hadn’t heard too much in the interim about the robots that were going to displace humans as [...] [...] are not going away. After a flurry of attention last year, we hadn’t heard too much in the interim about the robots that were going to displace humans as [...]

]]> By: Start-Up Briefing Media Ltd. Blends Old with New | B2B Memes http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/07/14/with-algorithms-who-needs-editors/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Start-Up Briefing Media Ltd. Blends Old with New | B2B Memes Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:23:59 +0000 http://www.b2bmemes.com/?p=1137#comment-1282 [...] one who has worried about the inadequacies of algorithms alone, I’m heartened that Brown and Thackray will be pairing theirs with expert editors. (The [...] [...] one who has worried about the inadequacies of algorithms alone, I’m heartened that Brown and Thackray will be pairing theirs with expert editors. (The [...]

]]> By: Bob Scheier http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/07/14/with-algorithms-who-needs-editors/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Bob Scheier Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:36:51 +0000 http://www.b2bmemes.com/?p=1137#comment-1085 Amen! The limits of robots go beyond the selection of content and headlines to fact-checking, polishing (spell checking, grammar and clarity) and beyond to the all-critical addition of context (telling the reader why the story is important). Go beyond that to providing insight or delight to the reader (the highest level in the content "value chain") and the less value an algorithm can provide. Your point about the limits of "audience driven" content is also very well taken. What is often most interesting is what everyone else ISN'T talking about and hasn't seen yet. The classic example would be a story predicting the fall of the housing market several months before it happened. How would you have "crowd-sourced" that? Am currently finishing up an ebook on where it makes sense to still use professional editors vs. the crowd in B2B content creation -- happy to furnish a review copy for feedback from interested participants. Amen! The limits of robots go beyond the selection of content and headlines to fact-checking, polishing (spell checking, grammar and clarity) and beyond to the all-critical addition of context (telling the reader why the story is important). Go beyond that to providing insight or delight to the reader (the highest level in the content “value chain”) and the less value an algorithm can provide.

Your point about the limits of “audience driven” content is also very well taken. What is often most interesting is what everyone else ISN’T talking about and hasn’t seen yet. The classic example would be a story predicting the fall of the housing market several months before it happened. How would you have “crowd-sourced” that?

Am currently finishing up an ebook on where it makes sense to still use professional editors vs. the crowd in B2B content creation — happy to furnish a review copy for feedback from interested participants.

]]> By: Tweets that mention We’ve Got Algorithms. Who Needs Editors? | B2B Memes -- Topsy.com http://www.b2bmemes.com/2010/07/14/with-algorithms-who-needs-editors/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Tweets that mention We’ve Got Algorithms. Who Needs Editors? | B2B Memes -- Topsy.com Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:25:45 +0000 http://www.b2bmemes.com/?p=1137#comment-1069 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Regalix and Tony Karrer, B2B Memes. B2B Memes said: We've got algorithms. Who needs editors? http://bit.ly/bMedls [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Regalix and Tony Karrer, B2B Memes. B2B Memes said: We've got algorithms. Who needs editors? http://bit.ly/bMedls [...]

]]>