Thursday, October 29, 2009
Peer Production
Peer Production can be seen as the improvement and production of goods from the ideas and efforts of the public without incentives. Web 2.0 has changed the way many companies decide on what to produce. Peer production has the benefit of giving consumers a more believable review of a product. As consumers we have been told never to trust a salesman. Giving the consumer the voice and platform to deliver it makes other consumers more knowledgeable with their purchases.
What does this mean? Are companies exploiting the public and its free labor? No Web 2.0 has developed a new market. A market where the workforce is smaller and the products are user generated. It creates a community of people that are more likely to believe others in the community than trust the voices of the company.
What does this mean? Are companies exploiting the public and its free labor? No Web 2.0 has developed a new market. A market where the workforce is smaller and the products are user generated. It creates a community of people that are more likely to believe others in the community than trust the voices of the company.
