I asked: "What terms do you DISLIKE the most?: user generated content, citizen journalism, social media. Or: Name your own hated word."
I think everyone has a term/word on the web that makes them cringe every time they hear it. This is probably natural. We are talking about such a young and powerful medium for which there was no descriptive language for it only 15 years ago. The terms that are being constructed to define and organize the web are being invented in live time – through the internet which itself is a conversation.
What terms do you hate? Below are some of the responses received via Twitter.
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norrinradd
@Digidave "distributed journalism" – sounds like cindy mccain sells it
about 13 hours ago
from twhirl
in reply to Digidave
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johncabell
@Digidave UCG and CJ describe things people have always done, in fewer numbers, so new titles are silly. We are all sources.
about 13 hours ago
from web
in reply to Digidave
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johncabell
@Digidave oh dear lord. and important people gave you serious money to do significant things? [http://tinyurl.com/5lzb7m]
about 13 hours ago
from web
in reply to Digidave
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celrae
@Digidave "citizen journalism" – what, the rest of us are wo/men of no country?
about 14 hours ago
from twhirl
in reply to Digidave
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DorianBenkoil
@digidave I love a response from a Nokia exec about UGC. toys: child-activated devices. cooking: home generated food.
about 14 hours ago
from twhirl
in reply to Digidave
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jasonp107
@Digidave i see the three as somehow linked…of course the ACTs are all independent of the MEDIUMS
about 15 hours ago
from twitterrific
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twblog
@Digidave social networking, because it’s a tautology.
about 15 hours ago
from web
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Mindworm
@Digidave lens distortion plus strange dude in shorts in the background equals spooky
about 15 hours ago
from twhirl
in reply to Digidave
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bianconeri4ever
@Digidave Who said that? And your rebuttal couldn’t be more true 🙂
about 15 hours ago
from twhirl
in reply to Digidave
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jtoeman
@Digidave social graph. its stupid, its not a graph. i also dont like social media – its a terrible misnomer.
about 15 hours ago
from twhirl
in reply to Digidave
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jpostman
@Digidave anything with 2.0 after it, "ideation," user generated content, collaboration
about 15 hours ago
from web
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etanowitz
@digidave
i hate "content" the most bc it’s overused. tho i can’t think of an
alternative to sum up video, audio, text, photo. maybe "media"
about 15 hours ago
from web
in reply to Digidave
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Konstantino
@Digidave "Web 2.0"
about 15 hours ago
from twitterrific
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nlbelardes
@Digidave: "friends" as in friends lists…
about 15 hours ago
from web
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alexismadrigal
@digidave social media, by far
about 15 hours ago
from twhirl
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crowdsource
anything 2.0
ramp up
long tail
social media (as opposed to unsocial media?)
There’s lots more…basically all buzzwords.
Long Tail & Anything 2.0, by far.
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