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Yes, Google+ is Google's answer to Facebook, but not in the directly competitive sense many journalists assume. Google+ is core to Google's mission "to organize the world's information", and that's a better frame for thinking about this service.
Here are 35 slides to help kickstart a different perspective on what Google+ really is - a "shared interest graph."
I tried to make this tour as easy as possible with some nice images along the way. Credits for all those nice images are on the last slide.
P.S. - I've had multiple requests to post these slides via Slideshare, so here they are via my blog:
http://www.alchemyofchange.net/what-is-google-plus-really/
#interestgraph #socialnetworks #facebook #twitter #influence #informationnetworker #socialgraph #influencegraph
#sharedinterestgraph 9974.79 rating - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of Cheerios in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's +James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds1838.26 rating - Read in G+
Fixing the Google+ Engagement Problem
Let's be honest: Google+ does have a problem engaging new users. Facebook already has the network for engaging existing friends; Google+ has to forge a different path: building a better network to share interests with those who share our interests.
These 39 slides are some thoughts on how to do just that. I don't work for Google, but over the last several months, Google+ has become an important community to me. I now care about its future, and so while I'm not presumptuous enough to think I have all the answers, I wanted to highlight the core problem, as I see it, and throw out a few rough ideas for addressing it.
These slides builds on earlier slides I created a few months ago:
What is Google+ (really)?:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/fxp3viNzg9d
They also builds on the ideas of others who are also thinking about many of these issues. At the risk of leaving some important people out, here are at least a few of these good folks:
+Alexander Becker, +Yifat Cohen, +Jacob Dix, +Rod Dunne, +Brian Gundersen, +Siegfried Hirsch, +Max Huijgen, +Jeff Jockisch, +Guy Kawasaki, +Denis Labelle, +Chris Lang, +Thomas Morffew, +Thomas Power, +Vinoth Ragunathan, +Susanne Ramharter, +Miguel Rodriguez, +Jeff Sayre, +Alex Schleber, +Brian Titus, +Mark Traphagen, +Gabriel Vasile, +Colin Walker and +Sophie Wrobel. (Again - apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently missed...)
As with my first slide deck, I've tried to make this tour as easy as possible with some nice images, the credits for which are on the last slide.
Also, if you want to see these as actual slides on Slideshare, I've posted them on my blog at Alchemy of Change: http://www.alchemyofchange.net/googleplus_engagement/
#sharedinterestgraph 1814.52 rating - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)1573.65 rating - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
—————————————————————
Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)1409.71 rating - Read in G+
How Community Posts Work
When you post to one of your communities, that post is added to your Profile Page, but the only people who will see that post in the Stream are those people who are also part of that same community to which you shared the post. I just confirmed this with the Community team here at Google.
This explains a lot - like why, for example some posts that I was sharing to the Good Business Community were showing up on my profile page, but didn't seem to be generating a lot of engagement. That's because the vast, vast majority of people who have circled me aren't seeing them - just those people who are already in the Good Business community.
Everyone needs to fully understand what a big, big change this is for the way things work here on Google+. Personally, I like it (though I know many community managers aren't thrilled about all their community posts showing up on their profile). I think it will be much better for targeting content to the right people, but it's going to take some getting used to. And the first step is for everyone to really understand how things now work with Communities and its interaction with other parts of Google+.
cc: +Denis Labelle, +Jeff Jockisch, +Jeff Sayre, +Mark Traphagen, +Thomas Morffew, +Thomas Power, +Jack C Crawford, +Meg Tufano, +David Amerland, +Gregory Esau, +Peter G McDermott 1190.04 rating - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
(Post #4 - since the first three posts exceeded comment limits)
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)1062.34 rating - Read in G+
Under 2K, Interesting, Original People Circle
Looking for some new voices? People who share good content, but who don't have huge circles of people already following them?
People in this circle:
* have less than 2,000 people circling them
* have interesting and original insights and content they share publicly
* engage others in civil, respectful ways that build community
I spent a bunch of time curating this circle to try to make sure the people in it meet the above criteria. This is a good group of folks.
My goal in sharing this circle is to help give some interesting people a bit more visibility here on Google+. I think it's important that we bake that kind of opportunity into the culture of this network. If people work hard to share good content and engage well with others, they deserve a chance to get recognized. +Liz ?uilty did something like this for me when I was just getting started, and this is my way of passing the torch.
I want to note that I failed in one of my original goals for this circle, which was to build a diverse group of people. My existing network here on G+ just couldn't get me there for this circle share, so that's something I will be working on addressing for future circles.
In the mean time, since I'm not including myself in this circle (because I fail the first criterion), I'm going to be a bit more direct in my call to action. If you like the criteria for this circle and you agree with its goals, then please, add this circle and re-share it publicly.
Thank you in advance for your help.533.17 rating - Read in G+
Looking for some new voices? People who share good content, but who don't have huge circles of people already following them?
People in this circle:
* have less than 2,000 people circling them
* have interesting and original insights and content they share publicly
* engage others in civil, respectful ways that build community
I spent a bunch of time curating this circle to try to make sure the people in it meet the above criteria. This is a good group of folks.
My goal in sharing this circle is to help give some interesting people a bit more visibility here on Google+. I think it's important that we bake that kind of opportunity into the culture of this network. If people work hard to share good content and engage well with others, they deserve a chance to get recognized. +Liz ?uilty did something like this for me when I was just getting started, and this is my way of passing the torch.
I want to note that I failed in one of my original goals for this circle, which was to build a diverse group of people. My existing network here on G+ just couldn't get me there for this circle share, so that's something I will be working on addressing for future circles.
In the mean time, since I'm not including myself in this circle (because I fail the first criterion), I'm going to be a bit more direct in my call to action. If you like the criteria for this circle and you agree with its goals, then please, add this circle and re-share it publicly.
Thank you in advance for your help.533.17 rating - Read in G+
Interactive Posts Now Working
Here is an example of what we will no doubt soon be seeing much more of here on Google+: an "interactive post." In this case, you'll see an "Invite" button, but there are lots of other potential actions that you will be able to enlist through these interactive posts. In a lot of ways, this functions like Facebook's Open Graph.
Here's what Google says about it:
Interactive posts provide an easy and prominent way to allow users to share your site or app with their connections and invite them to take action, for example RSVP for an event. Interactive posts can drive new users to your site, improve conversions, and increase engagement.
An interactive post in the Google+ stream is similar to a basic shared post but adds a call-to-action button and support for deep linking.
Deep linking allows the Google+ app on mobile devices to direct clicks on an interactive post to your mobile app if the user has it installed. If the user does not have your app installed, they are prompted to install it.
This document covers adding the sharing button for interactive posts to your website. If you also have a mobile app, you should also implement interactive sharing with deep linking for Android and iOS.
I'm pretty excited about where all this could go. No doubt there will be lots of potential for abuse, but there will also be great potential for greatness. Welcome to the double-edged sword of the new Google+ API. 474.16 rating - Read in G+
Here is an example of what we will no doubt soon be seeing much more of here on Google+: an "interactive post." In this case, you'll see an "Invite" button, but there are lots of other potential actions that you will be able to enlist through these interactive posts. In a lot of ways, this functions like Facebook's Open Graph.
Here's what Google says about it:
Interactive posts provide an easy and prominent way to allow users to share your site or app with their connections and invite them to take action, for example RSVP for an event. Interactive posts can drive new users to your site, improve conversions, and increase engagement.
An interactive post in the Google+ stream is similar to a basic shared post but adds a call-to-action button and support for deep linking.
Deep linking allows the Google+ app on mobile devices to direct clicks on an interactive post to your mobile app if the user has it installed. If the user does not have your app installed, they are prompted to install it.
This document covers adding the sharing button for interactive posts to your website. If you also have a mobile app, you should also implement interactive sharing with deep linking for Android and iOS.
I'm pretty excited about where all this could go. No doubt there will be lots of potential for abuse, but there will also be great potential for greatness. Welcome to the double-edged sword of the new Google+ API. 474.16 rating - Read in G+
My most liked posts
Yes, Google+ is Google's answer to Facebook, but not in the directly competitive sense many journalists assume. Google+ is core to Google's mission "to organize the world's information", and that's a better frame for thinking about this service.
Here are 35 slides to help kickstart a different perspective on what Google+ really is - a "shared interest graph."
I tried to make this tour as easy as possible with some nice images along the way. Credits for all those nice images are on the last slide.
P.S. - I've had multiple requests to post these slides via Slideshare, so here they are via my blog:
http://www.alchemyofchange.net/what-is-google-plus-really/
#interestgraph #socialnetworks #facebook #twitter #influence #informationnetworker #socialgraph #influencegraph
#sharedinterestgraph 1050 pluses - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
—————————————————————
Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of Cheerios in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's +James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds305 pluses - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
—————————————————————
Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)236 pluses - Read in G+
Fixing the Google+ Engagement Problem
Let's be honest: Google+ does have a problem engaging new users. Facebook already has the network for engaging existing friends; Google+ has to forge a different path: building a better network to share interests with those who share our interests.
These 39 slides are some thoughts on how to do just that. I don't work for Google, but over the last several months, Google+ has become an important community to me. I now care about its future, and so while I'm not presumptuous enough to think I have all the answers, I wanted to highlight the core problem, as I see it, and throw out a few rough ideas for addressing it.
These slides builds on earlier slides I created a few months ago:
What is Google+ (really)?:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/fxp3viNzg9d
They also builds on the ideas of others who are also thinking about many of these issues. At the risk of leaving some important people out, here are at least a few of these good folks:
+Alexander Becker, +Yifat Cohen, +Jacob Dix, +Rod Dunne, +Brian Gundersen, +Siegfried Hirsch, +Max Huijgen, +Jeff Jockisch, +Guy Kawasaki, +Denis Labelle, +Chris Lang, +Thomas Morffew, +Thomas Power, +Vinoth Ragunathan, +Susanne Ramharter, +Miguel Rodriguez, +Jeff Sayre, +Alex Schleber, +Brian Titus, +Mark Traphagen, +Gabriel Vasile, +Colin Walker and +Sophie Wrobel. (Again - apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently missed...)
As with my first slide deck, I've tried to make this tour as easy as possible with some nice images, the credits for which are on the last slide.
Also, if you want to see these as actual slides on Slideshare, I've posted them on my blog at Alchemy of Change: http://www.alchemyofchange.net/googleplus_engagement/
#sharedinterestgraph 226 pluses - Read in G+
My most shared posts
Yes, Google+ is Google's answer to Facebook, but not in the directly competitive sense many journalists assume. Google+ is core to Google's mission "to organize the world's information", and that's a better frame for thinking about this service.
Here are 35 slides to help kickstart a different perspective on what Google+ really is - a "shared interest graph."
I tried to make this tour as easy as possible with some nice images along the way. Credits for all those nice images are on the last slide.
P.S. - I've had multiple requests to post these slides via Slideshare, so here they are via my blog:
http://www.alchemyofchange.net/what-is-google-plus-really/
#interestgraph #socialnetworks #facebook #twitter #influence #informationnetworker #socialgraph #influencegraph
#sharedinterestgraph
2484 shares - Read in G+
Fixing the Google+ Engagement Problem
Let's be honest: Google+ does have a problem engaging new users. Facebook already has the network for engaging existing friends; Google+ has to forge a different path: building a better network to share interests with those who share our interests.
These 39 slides are some thoughts on how to do just that. I don't work for Google, but over the last several months, Google+ has become an important community to me. I now care about its future, and so while I'm not presumptuous enough to think I have all the answers, I wanted to highlight the core problem, as I see it, and throw out a few rough ideas for addressing it.
These slides builds on earlier slides I created a few months ago:
What is Google+ (really)?:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/fxp3viNzg9d
They also builds on the ideas of others who are also thinking about many of these issues. At the risk of leaving some important people out, here are at least a few of these good folks:
+Alexander Becker, +Yifat Cohen, +Jacob Dix, +Rod Dunne, +Brian Gundersen, +Siegfried Hirsch, +Max Huijgen, +Jeff Jockisch, +Guy Kawasaki, +Denis Labelle, +Chris Lang, +Thomas Morffew, +Thomas Power, +Vinoth Ragunathan, +Susanne Ramharter, +Miguel Rodriguez, +Jeff Sayre, +Alex Schleber, +Brian Titus, +Mark Traphagen, +Gabriel Vasile, +Colin Walker and +Sophie Wrobel. (Again - apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently missed...)
As with my first slide deck, I've tried to make this tour as easy as possible with some nice images, the credits for which are on the last slide.
Also, if you want to see these as actual slides on Slideshare, I've posted them on my blog at Alchemy of Change: http://www.alchemyofchange.net/googleplus_engagement/
#sharedinterestgraph
367 shares - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
—————————————————————
Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of Cheerios in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
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More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's +James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
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How Community Posts Work
When you post to one of your communities, that post is added to your Profile Page, but the only people who will see that post in the Stream are those people who are also part of that same community to which you shared the post. I just confirmed this with the Community team here at Google.
This explains a lot - like why, for example some posts that I was sharing to the Good Business Community were showing up on my profile page, but didn't seem to be generating a lot of engagement. That's because the vast, vast majority of people who have circled me aren't seeing them - just those people who are already in the Good Business community.
Everyone needs to fully understand what a big, big change this is for the way things work here on Google+. Personally, I like it (though I know many community managers aren't thrilled about all their community posts showing up on their profile). I think it will be much better for targeting content to the right people, but it's going to take some getting used to. And the first step is for everyone to really understand how things now work with Communities and its interaction with other parts of Google+.
cc: +Denis Labelle, +Jeff Jockisch, +Jeff Sayre, +Mark Traphagen, +Thomas Morffew, +Thomas Power, +Jack C Crawford, +Meg Tufano, +David Amerland, +Gregory Esau, +Peter G McDermott
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A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)
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A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)489 comments - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
(Post #4 - since the first three posts exceeded comment limits)
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)476 comments - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of (generic-brand) "Cheerios" in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
Edited to note that these are, indeed, not actual "Cheerios" - but a generic brand. Please count the number of "cheerio-like" pieces of cereal. ;-)475 comments - Read in G+
A Google+ Experiment in Collective Intelligence
UPDATE: I'm closing down this version of the experiment to fix some problems with the below image. Please go here instead:
https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661/posts/VK1e1e7qQEy
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Please help me run an experiment to test whether the "wisdom of crowds" actually works here on Google+ and see if this community can collectively guess the number of Cheerios in the below glass vase.
The three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. Here are the two steps to run this experiment:
1) Without looking at others' responses (to ensure the independence of our guesses), comment below with your single best guess on how many Cheerios are in the vase. It's one vase, not two; just shown from two different perspectives. Only one guess per person, please.
2) Share this post with your circles to help increase the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
—————————————————————
More info:
Individually, the probability of your guessing the right number of Cheerios is really low, of course. But if there truly is wisdom in a crowd, then when the answers of a large number of people are averaged together, it should converge on the right answer. That's the theory, and that's what we're testing here.
I will let this experiment run until 8PM GMT on April 18. At that point, I'll go through each comment, everywhere it's been shared, plus it to mark that it's been recorded as I input its guess into a spreadsheet. I'll calculate the average and look for some other results and then share our collective guess with you in a follow up post to report on just how wise we are - collectively. To make sure you get it, I will post a comment on every place this post is shared, pointing back to these results.
The ten people with the closest guesses will be featured prominently in that follow up post and I'll also highlight the people who shared the post in which those top ten guesses occurred as a way to recognize at least some of you for helping to ensure the diversity and decentralization of our guesses.
Thanks in advance for your help. I can't wait to see the results and share them with you.
Again, the three conditions for a group to be collectively intelligent are diversity, independence, and decentralization. If you're interested in learning more, here's +James Surowiecki's "The Wisdom of Crowds" book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706
And here's the Wikipedia article on "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds464 comments - Read in G+
Yes, Google+ is Google's answer to Facebook, but not in the directly competitive sense many journalists assume. Google+ is core to Google's mission "to organize the world's information", and that's a better frame for thinking about this service.
Here are 35 slides to help kickstart a different perspective on what Google+ really is - a "shared interest graph."
I tried to make this tour as easy as possible with some nice images along the way. Credits for all those nice images are on the last slide.
P.S. - I've had multiple requests to post these slides via Slideshare, so here they are via my blog:
http://www.alchemyofchange.net/what-is-google-plus-really/
#interestgraph #socialnetworks #facebook #twitter #influence #informationnetworker #socialgraph #influencegraph
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