This is worth reading. Comments from Rob May on an issue thats been on my mind for some time, especially as at the moment I’m doing a lot of thinking on how to leverage micropublishing/commentary/existing media to benefit the audiences of live events more holistically than twitter’s interface or others are today.

This is of course as much about creation as it is about consumption, and implies that we believe that given the right set of tools, documenting (and ultimately interacting with) a live event via the audience and making it compelling is reasonable and possible, and can add significantly to the singular perspective provided via the media today.

I think that there is an interesting intersection between conversation and shared context/perspective around collective interest in something real-time. Time will tell if this is actually the case.

Does this mean that the sum of all of the inane commentary on twitter is interesting beyond novelty? I doubt it. What I think is more likely is that the tools and incentives to create lasting contributions will evolve.