Too much social media

Great blog article from the guardian about the amount of noise which comes from social networking sites.

The commentary is based around travel tips sites, which are incredibly busy and useful for tourists, who can use those tips to see a side of a city that they may otherwise have missed. I know from my own personal experience of using those websites that they can provide particularly brilliant things to see and do - I had a wonderful walk along a raised, disused railtrack in Paris, which had been turned into a boulevard of flowers. Romantic, great views, and it really felt like you were briefly a part of the city, rather than just visiting.

The same rules apply, whatever the topic of the social media: how do you encourage enough people to use the website, without degrading the quality to such an extent that it becomes pointless to look at?

Magnum photos slideshow

A collection of cool black and white photographs from Magnum photos, the international photography co-operative. In these days of HD, mega-pixel vivid colours, it is still amazing how these monographic images still pack an almighty punch.