Curation
The art of creating value by providing context and meaning to apparently disconnected information bits
Robin Good and
Curation
helping readers discover work they’ll actually subscribe to.
I Just Learned How Substack’s Notes Algorithm Really Works (And Now Everything Makes Sense)
Read that again.
The Substack Notes algorithm is optimized for one thing: helping readers discover work they’ll actually subscribe to.
Not time spent. Not endless scrolling. Not ad clicks.
Subscriptions. Paid conversions. Real connections between readers and writers.
So that, I think, is the role of information curators: They are our curiosity sherpas, who lead us to things we didn’t know we were interested in until we, well, until we are. Until we pay attention to them — because someone whose taste and opinion we trust points us to them, and we integrate them with our existing pool of resources, and they... See more
Maria Popova • Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Curiosity sherpas
Give users of all platforms the right to customize or opt out of algorithms—choosing chronological or geographical or genre-based filtering or even human curation.
30 Ways to Revitalize Arts & Culture
Interest-based + human-curated. That’s how I would like social media platforms to be.
"Expert curation occurs when an actual human being who is, theoretically, an expert in a given topic, weighs the quality of the information presented in making her source selections.
Expert curation can also include an editorial element, in which the expert not only judges content for quality but also provides a point of view."
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... See more"The most credible form of advertising comes straight from the people we know and trust. Eighty-three percent of online respondents in 60 countries say they trust the recommendations of friends and family". - Nielsen 2015
Abhishek Maran • The Traditional Two-Sided Marketplace is Dead
Curiosity creates the inquiry.
Knowledge populates the options.
Curation filters the right ones through.
Judgment makes the final call.
When knowledge becomes abundant, value migrates to the functions that exist upstream and downstream from it: framing the inquiry and acting on the output.
In this new architecture, curiosity, curation, and judgment... See more
Knowledge populates the options.
Curation filters the right ones through.
Judgment makes the final call.
When knowledge becomes abundant, value migrates to the functions that exist upstream and downstream from it: framing the inquiry and acting on the output.
In this new architecture, curiosity, curation, and judgment... See more
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
The critical distinction is that today's gatekeepers derive authority not from institutional power but from demonstrated discernment. Cultural capital now flows to those who can navigate overwhelming abundance with skill and intention.