I just have to say something about Technorati and so many of the other sites we've been exploring. There seems to be a theme of popularity=quality (or at least "worth viewing"). That is, the more the site is viewed the more valuable the information must be. I found that digg, especially, worked on this model. Technorati, though there is much to explore and find, seems to be mostly interested in showing me what's really popular.
If seems to me, 50 years into its history, television pretty much contradicts this concept.
Maybe I'm missing the point.
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I agree. Technorati even goes so far as to call popularity "authority". It seems that these sites are exploiting ignorance and cupidity. Dumb down content and play to the masses to make more money off them. It also seems that the anonymity of the Internet has switched off the internal inhibitor in people that keeps them from being mean and/or making fools of themselves in public. So people feel free to write anything that pops into their heads, no matter how cruel, or stupid, or both. As one person on Digg said in a post "all Diggers are wankers." I've seen an inordinate amount of mean-spirited venom spewing forth in these sites.
But the problem is, that our patrons, especially our younger ones, are buying into this in droves. So, how can we reach them if we don't go where they are?
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