Comments on: What Makes a Good Social Newsie? http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anita http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/comment-page-1/#comment-178713 Anita Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:15:44 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/#comment-178713 Derek, great article. The biggest problem I see is that some social networks no longer reward those who follow this advice. Digg is particularly bad. Personally, I feel that compelling content (whether news, oddities, pictures, or video) should filter to the top. Unfortunately, with sites like Digg, the content is chosen by those who have put in their time and have become well-networked (e.g. with lots of friends), or by those who game the system. Sure, this has all been said before, but what I really have been peeved about lately is that Digg has taken the focus away from the social side of things. Removing the top users was the worst thing they could have done. This was how infrequent and light users realized that creating friends on Digg was a good way to get tailored content. Now regular users don't use the friend feature, because they don't understand the purpose. This leaves the most networked individuals as a relatively closed group, with little chance for normal users to gain influence. Lately I've been using StumbleUpon a lot more. I can view the most interesting articles via the Buzz section, or just browse what my friends like by clicking Stumble. If I don't like what I get, I just adjust who I've befriended or the topics I'm subscribed too. Once Digg gets the capacity to handle more traffic, I'd love to see something similar for their upcoming stories. Enough rambling, have a great day! Anita :) Derek, great article.

The biggest problem I see is that some social networks no longer reward those who follow this advice. Digg is particularly bad. Personally, I feel that compelling content (whether news, oddities, pictures, or video) should filter to the top. Unfortunately, with sites like Digg, the content is chosen by those who have put in their time and have become well-networked (e.g. with lots of friends), or by those who game the system.

Sure, this has all been said before, but what I really have been peeved about lately is that Digg has taken the focus away from the social side of things. Removing the top users was the worst thing they could have done. This was how infrequent and light users realized that creating friends on Digg was a good way to get tailored content.

Now regular users don’t use the friend feature, because they don’t understand the purpose. This leaves the most networked individuals as a relatively closed group, with little chance for normal users to gain influence.

Lately I’ve been using StumbleUpon a lot more. I can view the most interesting articles via the Buzz section, or just browse what my friends like by clicking Stumble. If I don’t like what I get, I just adjust who I’ve befriended or the topics I’m subscribed too. Once Digg gets the capacity to handle more traffic, I’d love to see something similar for their upcoming stories.

Enough rambling, have a great day!
Anita :)

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]]> By: Derek van Vliet http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/comment-page-1/#comment-177192 Derek van Vliet Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:58:46 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/#comment-177192 Hey Jim, here's a column I wrote earlier this year about why people are into social news: http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/16/the-irresistible-draw-of-social-news/ Hey Jim, here’s a column I wrote earlier this year about why people are into social news:

http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/16/the-irresistible-draw-of-social-news/

]]> By: Jim Johnson http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/comment-page-1/#comment-177137 Jim Johnson Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:40:41 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/#comment-177137 Is there a good resource anywhere that talks about why people use social news sites like Digg? or even social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us? I use them but clearly not for the same reasons discussed here. Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Is there a good resource anywhere that talks about why people use social news sites like Digg? or even social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us? I use them but clearly not for the same reasons discussed here.

Any help you can provide would be appreciated.

]]> By: Derek van Vliet http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/comment-page-1/#comment-177092 Derek van Vliet Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:42:04 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/#comment-177092 I totally agree, Tajim. I have found that Yahoo! Pipes can help a little with that. You can use it to filter out some of the redundancy: http://pipes.yahoo.com I totally agree, Tajim. I have found that Yahoo! Pipes can help a little with that. You can use it to filter out some of the redundancy:

http://pipes.yahoo.com

]]> By: Tajim http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/comment-page-1/#comment-177019 Tajim Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:48:56 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/03/28/what-makes-a-good-social-newsie/#comment-177019 A good Social Newsie will always have the problem of Information Overload , Moving through so much of sites and feeds , you gotta get that problem , that's my own experience of being a social bookmarker. A good Social Newsie will always have the problem of Information Overload , Moving through so much of sites and feeds , you gotta get that problem , that’s my own experience of being a social bookmarker.

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