Content Curation
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Elad Blog: How Pinterest Will Transform the Web in 2012: Social Content Curation As The Next Big Thing
The most interesting wave hitting the social web in 2012 is social curation. This was kicked off in 2011 as Pinterest's growth was noticed by Silicon Valley and a number of companies quickly followed suit - Snip.It launched as a social information curation platform, Quora adopted boards for a similar purpose, and Fab.com launched a structured social commerce feed. In this blog post I will discuss the evolution of social media from long-form to push-button, the emergence of social curation on sites such as Twitter and Tumblr , and the move to structured sets of curated content on Pinterest and its brethren.
UPDATED: I’ve received feedback which demonstrate I should explain myself better:)
2012 is the year of social curation
What is a Digital Curator? | The New York Public Library
Allow me to introduce myself — my name is Doug Reside, and in February I became the first Digital Curator for the Performing Arts at The New York Public Library.
While content aggregation has been around for a while with sites using algorithms to find and link to content, the relatively new practice of editorial curation - human filtering and organizing - has created a new workflow and new engagement, and revenue options for publishers, brands, and communities. "Curation comes up when search stops working," says author and NYU Professor Clay Shirky. But it's more than a human-powered filter.
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There are a lot of content strategy blogs floating around in cyberspace. Probably hundreds. Possibly thousands.
10 Blogs You Should Be Reading If You Manage A Company’s Content Strategy | The Content Strategist