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  • 21 May 09
  • 20 May 09
    hutchcarpenter
    Hutch Carpenter

    Frequently, popularity rankings speak less to the merits of what's being observed and more to the fact that crowds are observing it. In other words, peer pressure. "If you see a crowd around a building, you pop over and see what everyone is looking at," says Jimmy Leach, editorial director for digital at the Independent newspaper in the U.K.

    reputation crowdsourcing popularity