Tag: authority
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/Message: Authority Is A Highly Charged Particle
I’ve discussed my thoughts on authority before and I think follower count is a poor measure; but Stowe Boyd as has a great post (where the name for this post came from) summing up much of the controversy. Two things I particularly like about the post: his spelling out why follower count is not without…
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Response: How Does the Web Define Authority?
The real questions are: whom do we trust, why, and under what conditions is trust transferable? Chris Brogran asks: How does the web define authority? First is an important matter of language. There is a large difference between authority and an authority. Authority is power formally granted by a position or role. An authority is…