The Wisdom of Crowds is More Accurate and More Interesting

The Wisdom of Crowds is More Accurate and More Interesting

An interesting trend of recent times is the Wisdom of Crowds theory. The phrase itself was popularized by the author James Surowiecki, though the concept has been around longer.

Websites allow users to participate easily in the "crowd wisdom". Sites like Tripadvisor have long used 5-star rating systems to generate aggregate ratings scores from users. A relatively new site Ranker takes this to the next level, by aggregating users lists to publish master rankings.

Apart from fact-based elaborate content, most sites also offer consensus list picks, wherein a master list is created by combining multiple lists on the same topic. Taking the example of Ranker again, Best Rock Bands is a very popular list with 600+ items and this contributes to the large list of The Best Rock Bands Of All Time'. And users who contribute to the list can personalize with the credibility and quality of such lists.

How many times have you got distracted from your work when you come across a really tempting content like Top 10 Music Videos Of 2010' or '20 Hottest Female Lead Singers Of 2009'? Net surfers usually get attracted to the Top 10' lists, Famous 5' blogs or other content with self-explanatory images. So the basic responsibility of the content writer is to keep the content on their site simple without making it elaborate and complex for the readers.

Take a topic like Top Ten Lists. This is a perfect topic for a "master ranking" by many people. Everyone has opinions about which films they think are the best. People love to argue and express their opinions about movies.

Ranker, for example, has a list of the Wisdom Of Crowds Lists that is voted on by many different people. A list like this is both informative (if you are searching for this topic) and interesting (if you care about this topic and want to add your own opinions to this ranking). So the wisdom of crowds can be very interactive depending on your personal preference, or you can just gather recommendations based on others' opinions.

Because the wisdom of crowds is based on opinions, not facts, crowdsourced rankings aren't ideal for every list. For example, lists of actors' Factual Lists are factual and not opinion-based. But there are plenty of great opinions that can center around such a well-loved topic as movies!

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