Well, wow. And of course you had me at “grok.”
I fear that the markers won’t exist without turning Hypothes.is into either an upvote-downvote Reddit-style environment (not terrible, actually, but certainly game-able) or limiting its use to certified experts (no, let’s not go there). Perhaps some kind of “verified” system a la Twitter will be helpful, as people may (underscore “may”) be more responsible if they’re using their own names. But my fear is that easy-to-use will always mean it’s a struggle to locate “high value,” unless one uses one’s network as a filter. That’s largely what I do, though I realize the dangers of creating a filter-bubble (aka echo chamber).
When I did a workshop on Hypothes.is at Campus Technology last summer, I also quoted George Herbert’s “The Sacrifice,” where one finds the immortal line, “Comments would the text confound.” I put it right up there after an image of the Glossa Ordinaria. These human beings and their ingenuity. Talking all the time! Maybe one day grokking all the time, too, or at least MORE of the time.
