Jun
10
“News creates social currency. […] They view news as units of social currency to be used in interpersonal situations, whereby one might use them to sound clever, connect with friends or move up the socio-economic ladder. Shareable information is of key importance. Successful news reportage depends on whether the content is worth sharing to another member of one’s network or not.”
From How to Build a Better Content Model for Your Site: Understanding News Consumption Patterns.
Emphasis mine. I would argue this is true for all content. Me posting this is proof of that. (via Luke Hoersten)
Emphasis mine. I would argue this is true for all content. Me posting this is proof of that. (via Luke Hoersten)