Derek Powazek - links for 2007-05-22

links for 2007-05-22

In Links on 22 May 2007 with 2 comments

Summize: Summarized product reviews

Interesting and troubling. Where do the reviews come from? Are they harvested from blogs? From Amazon? By displaying them without attribution or linkbacks, they are violating the writers’ copyrights.
The arms race between participation and control

Scott Rosenberg interviews Howard Rheingold for AssignmentZero’s Interview Week. It’s like eavesdropping on the two smartest guys in the room. Brilliant stuff.

(tags: Crowdsourcing interview ScottRosenberg HowardRheingold community)

2 Comments

re:Summize, I poked around a bit yesterday, digging through FAQs, etc. All the reviews come from Amazon andâ€”you’re right!â€”this use seems shockingly ill-conceived.

Posted by Bryce on 23 May 2007 @ 2pm

Ran into this comment from one of the Summize founders:
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2007/05/summize_product_review_color_bar.html#comment-26672

Looks like attribution is coming, though I would have thought that would be a part of “the summize starter kit” to be more upfront about where and who the reviews were coming from.

Posted by rion on 28 May 2007 @ 7am

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