When does the Wisdom of Crowds become Herd Mentality? And why? The easy answer is that with wider adoption it's inevitable. Early adopters are, I would propose, more interesting people, generally, than later waves of mass market users.

If you're a social media startup is it an unconscious goal to make your community boring? Are Paris Hilton threads a sign of success?

This is only a thought stub, put out quickly. I'm interested to know what others think about this.