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Web 2.0 Expo NY: Clay Shirky (shirky.com) It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure.

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What it is

Clay Shirky argues at Web 2.0 Expo NY that the problem online is not information overload but filter failure. He says the real challenge is building better ways to filter and organize what we see.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN invokes it as a reframing of the information overload problem, often when discussing content filtering, tagging and curation.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “he has a similarly level response to the problem of information overload (instead, filter failure)”

    Shirky's level response: filter failure, not information overload.

    pkghost, 2010-09 · Recommendation · in “How to disconnect from your online life”

  2. “Another reframing-oriented talk is Clay Shirky's "It's not information overload, it's filter failure”

    Reframing talk leading to user-oriented filtering features.

    enkiv2, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?”

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Topics: clay shirky, filter failure, information overload, curation, social web

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