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Started by Steve @ bripblap · 10 months ago

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If you’ve ever visited a doctor about an ache in your shoulder you’ve probably been given the cliched-but-true advice “get a second opinion.” What if, instead of just getting two opinions you could get three? Eig ... Continue reading »

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  • Ben

    1 year ago

    I think the next big crowdsourcing app is going to be Google's Health page. It falls right along your notion of looking for another opinion but might also cut down on a lot of leg work + money: something we over at MilkYourMoney.com are tackling daily.

    Here is Google Blog's announcement: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/google-h...
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  • No Debt Plan

    1 year ago

    The only problem is when the crowd runs off of a cliff (a la sub-prime, Bear Sterns, etc.).

    Question: Where does being contrarian fit into this?
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  • Steve (Brip Blap)

    1 year ago

    @No Debt Plan: True, and I guess that's a critical distinction to be made: being contrarian is more about how you use the information that you've gathered, crowdsourced or otherwise, instead of the way in which it's gathered. If I want to be contrarian about the stock market I'm still going to examine mass population attitudes (the run-up in gold is a good example of something exhibiting "dumb" crowd activity).
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  • Mike Malina

    1 year ago

    You mention Hollywood Stock exchange, but what they're doing at Media Predict is more interesting (www.mediapredict.com).

    They've gotten media companies to use a market system to actually put out content. So the crowd takes the role of editor, A&R rep, and more.

    I think market-based investment systems are the way to go for crowdsourcing. Mere voting (like at Digg) isn't a good way to drive decisions -- people have no incentive to give good information.
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