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Curation v Creation

Charlie Dorsett (they/she)

Mar 17, 2011

From Entertainment Design

Steven Rosenbaum at Mashable wrote an interesting post claiming that curation is just as important as creation. I have thought about this for a while, and I need your imput.

Defining our terms

Creation is the production of making original content.
Curation is coming through original content and promoting the best content to readers.

Is Curation important?

YES! I read through thousands of stories a day, some from curation sites to find topics to share on dashPunk. There is an enormous amount of content out there and some curation is important to filter through the noise so the average reader who doesn't have the time to read through the mountains to posts can still find information that is important to them.

For example. Many Scifi blogs focus on rumors and hype, and frankly, that bores me more than Battle for LA. I like to know what is going on, but the rumor cycle is crazy. That is why we rarely write about rumors, and generally only post about rumors we hope are either true or false.

We also avoid posting most hype stories. I am suffering from hype fatigue. Yes, yes, your thing is the next greatest thing ever just like everyone else's is the next greatest thing ever. The hype is almost always a lie.

I feel like curation is one of the most important things I do, so in that, I agree.

What is the best form of Curation?

Some people claim it is Twitter. I am not sure about that. Until I started using Flipboard, most links in my twitter stream just flew by unchecked, and since I only check Twitter a couple times a day, many still do.

I think blogs are still the best place for curation, because I not only get the links, but I get analysis that I trust (or not, depending on the blog) and I find a lot more of the stories that interest me.

Maybe I am old fashioned by I like stories to sit unread until I go through them rather than floating by.

What do you want?

What are you looking for? Original content, curation? If curation, where do you want it, blogs, Twitter, FaceBook?