httpwebwitch - 3:25 pm on Mar 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

financially pursuaded votes of confidence

I like that phrase.

Web2.0 lost its innocence, but now thankfully it will also lose its naiveté. UGC is wonderful, so long as people don't take for granted that publicly-generated information is always honest.

I still belive that the voice of the crowd is louder than the barking of a shill. However it's important to know how large the crowd is before you trust the "average rating" of a product or service.