Coffee Notes ramble on why Crowd Sourcing doesn't work for what I do

“A verbal note in the ongoing discussion betw Jay Rosen and myself about crowd sourcing. See the posts on today’s Scripting News for more pointers and examples. http://bit.ly/43aoOc " Dave discusses his experience with asking his blog readers about how the foreclosure crisis was affecting them. He explains that this was not “crowdsourcing” - he did not view his readers as a “crowd”, but rather as individuals whose unique perspectives and experiences he wanted to hear. Dave contrasts this with a previous experience where a radio host’s guest talked down to the audience, assuming they would not understand a basic political concept. Dave argues that we should have high expectations of people’s intelligence and knowledge, rather than viewing them as an incompetent “crowd”. He believes this “broadcast mentality” stems from an economic conflict of interest, and that we should instead treat people as equals and individuals.