Comments on: Ankle-deep in the Newspond http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: antje wilsch http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/comment-page-1/#comment-374335 antje wilsch Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:41:53 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/#comment-374335 right, i am mixing up my oddly-named start-ups now! :) right, i am mixing up my oddly-named start-ups now! :)

]]> By: antje wilsch http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/comment-page-1/#comment-341507 antje wilsch Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:41:53 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/#comment-341507 right, i am mixing up my oddly-named start-ups now! :) right, i am mixing up my oddly-named start-ups now! :)

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/comment-page-1/#comment-341506 mathewi Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:05:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/#comment-341506 As far as I can tell, Antje, the site doesn't have any user input<br>other than comments -- no ability to submit or vote on a story or<br>link. That definitely solves the issue you're talking about, but it<br>makes it difficult to see it as anything other than a news aggregator<br>with comments -- i.e., not really a community of any kind (of course,<br>neither is Techmeme).<br><br><br>On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Disqus As far as I can tell, Antje, the site doesn't have any user input
other than comments — no ability to submit or vote on a story or
link. That definitely solves the issue you're talking about, but it
makes it difficult to see it as anything other than a news aggregator
with comments — i.e., not really a community of any kind (of course,
neither is Techmeme).

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Disqus

]]> By: antje wilsch http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/comment-page-1/#comment-341505 antje wilsch Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:56:41 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/#comment-341505 well, I tried to use Digg exactly 3 times. WIthin minutes, my two images and my one story all "disappeared" or buried or whatever they say. If there was any reason, I was unable to figure out how to see it. I just couldn't find my stuff. So I never tried again. I wonder how many other people are like me, who get irritated by getting buried for unknown reasons and just leave, thus diminishing the aggregrate component of the site? Maybe a new one without those users will attract others. [Maybe the users who have a lot of the control of Digg and Wikipedia's fanatical editors are the same.] I'll try it as a welcome alternative if I am able to actually get somewhere with it. well, I tried to use Digg exactly 3 times. WIthin minutes, my two images and my one story all “disappeared” or buried or whatever they say. If there was any reason, I was unable to figure out how to see it. I just couldn't find my stuff. So I never tried again. I wonder how many other people are like me, who get irritated by getting buried for unknown reasons and just leave, thus diminishing the aggregrate component of the site? Maybe a new one without those users will attract others. [Maybe the users who have a lot of the control of Digg and Wikipedia's fanatical editors are the same.] I'll try it as a welcome alternative if I am able to actually get somewhere with it.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/comment-page-1/#comment-341504 mathewi Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:48:01 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/20/ankle-deep-in-the-newspond/#comment-341504 I agree, James.<br><br><br>On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Disqus I agree, James.

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