There’s nothing unexpected or inherently bad about this — we just need to remember how quickly “social” can become “commercial” and managing the “community” can become managing the “marketplace.”Companies charge as much as $15,000 to g
My attention was recently brought to this post on Digg.com which made it to the Digg front-page with only 1 Digg. When users started to question how a story with one Digg could make it to the front-page, the following conversation with Kevin Rose ensued:
he challenge for media companies is to find the right balance between participation and control, outsourcing and editorial guidance, openness and order. The walls between content creation and commerce are also falling away, as we’ve seen with everyth
Speaking of which I think the guy who talked about having a trustworthiness rating for individuals is on the right track. Except, anything that distracts users from making immediate changes
Spike the Vote works on a point system. Each day I give you a mission with several stories to Digg. 20% of your mission involves digging stories submitted by users in this community, while 80% of of your mission is completely random. This is to eliminate
Interessante Gedanken zur Kontroversen ob die Social Dienste ihre Topuser zahlen sollten oder nicht. Digg lehnt das Kategorisch ab. Besonders interessant auch die Frage ob ein Hive Mind immer so interelligent ist wie er gemacht wird.