The convergence of today's networked world is important because it brings communities together and creates a simpler way to communicate and connect with one another. There are many different kinds of blogs out on the web, whether it's for business purposes or for a personal hobby. Blogs are created to connect and relate with the public and other bloggers that have similar interests. Although there is limited collaboration, blogs are useful for collaboration in terms that bloggers are able to read, comment, and link other blogs as well. The blog's posts are like news stories and as new posts are created, the old ones are saved into the blog's archive. In Forbe's article "
Yahoo's Next Problem: Tumblr Isn't Growing," Bercovici explains the diminished usage of Tumblr and the low percentage of active users, based on comScore's analytics. The company believes that the situation is like so, because of other related sites, such as Buzzfeed and Upworthy, sharing similar content and therefore deterring users from using Tumblr. I can understand the article on a personal note as I have used Tumblr before and I personally feel that Tumblr has become outdated. I feel that people nowadays prefer to be more aware with current events and what's going on in the world, and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter do just that.
Wikis, on the other hand, is more of a collaborative effort between multiple editors. A new use for a wiki can possibly be to create class notes among classmates. This way, each classmate would be able to add onto or edit the information that's already been published. Contributions for wikis are of more than one person, creating easier communication and more flexibility. However, problems arise when practically anyone has the power to contribute, such as sharing false information. To solve this problem, "flagged revisions" came about where experienced volunteer Wikipedia editors monitor edited content before it's released to the public, as stated by Noam Cohen in the New York Times article, "Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About Living People." Until then, viewers will have access to an earlier version of the content. The article also mentions about the plateau Wikipedia hit as well due to the number of topics to uncover becoming less and the disinterest of new topics. As for articles on living individuals, Wikipedia plans to focus more on the flagged revisions for them because the information for these pieces are more prone to vandalism and dishonest information.
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