Crowd surfing: the new internet

It seems today that the modern internet is based on the opinion of the majority. Sites such as Wikipedia just let one person create a page of "knowledge" and let several other people ratify that opinion until it's accepted as some web 2.0 doctrine. Is websourcing the internet beneficial or does it just let the more outspoken of the internet population dictate what is and isn't true?

Who's in charge?

As informal networks grow within organizations, who has more pull? The formal manager still has the power to fire and promote employees but the key people in informal networks are the go-to people for information. I feel like these role players in the informal networks will gain power and influence until they are eventually promoted to formal managerial roles. This will also benefit organizations because the people in power will have risen to their positions through their ability to acquire the information that the company relies upon. they also have the trust of all the other employees around them because they started in the same roles as the people that they are now in charge of. It will also highlight the possibility of upward mobility in a company and reinforce the need for relationship management as well as technical skills.

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