Comments on: WWW2007: Prabhakar Raghavan on “Web N.0: What sciences will it take?” http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/05/10/www2007-prabhakar-raghavan-on-web-n0-what-sciences-will-it-take/ Grab a beer. Let's chat. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nathan Ketsdever http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/05/10/www2007-prabhakar-raghavan-on-web-n0-what-sciences-will-it-take/#comment-679 Thu, 10 May 2007 16:51:47 +0000 http://oatmealstout.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/www2007-prabhakar-raghavan-on-web-n0-what-sciences-will-it-take/#comment-679 Great post! The issue of intent and motivation is part of the black box of webbased activity and interaction. The next web app, widget, or search engine that taps into that will have quite a useful and profitable commodity on their hands. Do you think http://www.url.com, which seems like Digg for search engines is a step in the right direction. Would people take the 5 seconds (lets call it the google gut-check) to enter their intent on an opt-in basis? would self reporting fail? would the “thieves” or “hoodlums” and otherwise nafarious characters overwhelm the wisdom of crowds?

You mentioned Google abandoning products earlier…it would be too bad if they let this one slip through their fingers at whatever stage of the game.

Hope the conference is going well!

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